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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a poor idea" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that a particular suggestion or plan is not advisable or lacks merit.
Example: "While I appreciate your enthusiasm, I must say that proposing a last-minute change to the project is a poor idea."
Alternatives: "a bad idea" or "an unwise suggestion."
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But starting over is a poor idea & probably unrealistic.
It seemed like a poor idea to fund a man who didn't finish what he started.
Really messing something up usually takes a huge effort on the back of a poor idea.
"It's really a poor idea, and it has no purpose, in my opinion, that's constructive.
He argued that raising taxes during a recession is a "poor idea".
Mr. Holder did say that holding elections on one day in the middle of the week is a poor idea.
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Finally, the giver usually has a poorer idea of what he or she wants to buy before entering the shop and visits fewer stores to purchase surprise gifts.
That argument is long settled: without science fiction, we would lack a crucial imaginative resource for grappling with the promise and peril of technology, and without comic books we would have fewer heroes, fewer monsters, and thus a poorer idea of what it is to be human.
"If it were a new invention, people would think that it was a very poor idea," says David Levy, an inventor and former ergonomic designer at Apple.
Ethanol, which seemed like a good idea when huge federal subsidies and mandates were put in place a decade ago, now seems like a very poor idea indeed.
As a human being, however, it seems like a tragically poor idea.
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