The phrase "a bad premise" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the foundational idea or assumption of an argument, story, or theory that is flawed or unsound.
Example: "The film failed to engage the audience because it was built on a bad premise that lacked credibility."
Alternatives: "a flawed assumption" or "a weak foundation."
Not a bad premise for a novel, right?
This is not a bad premise for a story.
The pope takes Manhattan sounds like a bad premise for a Muppets movie, but it's the only way to describe what it is like here this week.
The pro-page-twoers think that without the incident the story is robbed of motive and pathos; the anti-page-twoers think that it's just too hard, too early, and too brutal, so they turn the story into one of a little elephant who merely wanders into Paris — not such a bad premise.
It's not a bad premise, the opener had some promising scenes, and Greig (who would be a shoo-in for the lead part if there were ever an Emma Thompson biopic) and Mangan strike a nice balance between insecurity and irony.
The pro-page-twoers think that without the incident the story is robbed of motive and pathos; the anti-page-twoers think that it's just too hard, too early, and too brutal, so they turn the story into one of a little elephant who merely wanders into Paris not such a bad premise.
The dopey, goyish wannabe Jew is not necessarily a bad comic premise.
It would take the bad premise that the affordable housing goals caused the crisis and essentially codify it in law.
Somehow a piece called "Let's just say it: The Republicans are the problem," penned by Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein, got smuggled into the Washington Post, in the same way that Chen Guangcheng got smuggled into the American Embassy (MAYBE!) -- past the censorious diktateer of the WaPo op-ed page, Fred Hiatt, to whom any non- both sides do it equally as bad" premise is poisonon- both
But, he said, it remains a bad idea premised on inaccurate information about how circus animals are trained and cared for.
This is a bad day for premises!
