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The phrase "a bad reflection on" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to indicate that something negatively impacts the perception of a person, group, or situation.
Example: "His careless actions are a bad reflection on the entire team."
Alternatives: "a poor representation of" or "a negative indication of".
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"I think it's a bad reflection on the N.F.L. It's not what the N.F.L. represents.
"A lot of these people, either it's guilt or stupidity or a sense that it will somehow be a bad reflection on the school district.
However, the argument that was thrown in our face time and again was that it would be inappropriate and a bad reflection on the Scottish legal system if the trial were not to take place on Scottish soil.
The biggest thing that's getting people's backs up is that it's gone on social media, having a bad reflection on the whole community and people are calling us lazy bums and that's not nice".
Mr. Cuomo, in a meeting with the editorial board of The Daily News on Thursday, said Mr. Silver's arrest was "a bad reflection on government". But he said it was up to Assembly Democrats as to whether Mr. Silver should remain as speaker.
High unemployment and low education success in any American group is a bad reflection on the nation as a whole and should be addressed that way.
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Not a bad reflection of America.
And I think it's a bad reflection of -- of what this country is really about.
This is a very bad reflection on Cardiff and Wales, who normally champion diversity and co-existence".
It's an awfully bad reflection on our characters.
"We drew attention to bad reflections on our bilateral relations and kindly requested his assistance in preventing the passage of the bill".
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