The phrase "a flawed idea of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a misconception or an incorrect understanding of a concept or situation.
Example: "His argument is based on a flawed idea of how the economy functions."
Alternatives: "a misguided notion of" or "an incorrect perception of".
However, mark-to-market taxation of investments is a flawed idea for numerous reasons.
According to local residents, the Rocky Branch strip mine is not only a flawed idea, but one of the most bungled DNR permit decisions in recent history, and with mounting oversights, errors and violations, residents are now calling on Attorney General Lisa Madigan to file a petition requesting an internal administrative review of DNR's rushed decision to green-light a mining permit on Wednesday.
The analyst as a neutral figure has long struck me as a flawed idea, but then so does the notion of objectivity in the sciences.
Contrary to Mr. Bernstein's view, terrorism is not a modern variant of tyranny; that is a flawed idea.
Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell Jr. of Manhattan, the state Democratic Party chairman, said, "The elimination of party primaries is a flawed idea that will help millionaires and billionaires who run for office".
Alan Brydon, the head of press at media planners and buyers MGP The only thing that stops me saying it is a flawed idea is Mr Murdoch – he doesn't normally have flawed ideas.
Beyond looking silly, strapping plane wings to a car is a flawed idea in many ways.
Beyond looking silly, strapping plane wings to a car is a flawed idea in many ways.
It was a flawed idea, but one that resonated with the times nonetheless and sucked in major cable companies, including AT&T, Comcast and Cox Communications along with hordes of small-time investors.
Ultimately, "The Forgotten Waltz" evokes Enright's Irish literary colleagues less than it does a tour de force like Ford Madox Ford's novel "The Good Soldier," a book whose narrator has only a partial and flawed idea of the story being told.
