The phrase "a poor influence" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe someone or something that negatively affects others' behavior or decisions.
Example: "Many parents worry that their children might befriend a poor influence at school."
Alternatives: "a negative influence" or "a bad influence".
The Knicks cut ties with Stephon Marbury last season because he was viewed as a poor influence.
Mr. and Mrs. Vilkin, both martial arts instructors at a Minsk university, were deemed a poor influence on young people and forced to resign.
If she is not being questioned about contributing to gender stereotypes, she is being accused of being a poor influence on children (so much so that a new version was recently developed yet seems to be the source of debate).
With handbags so hog-tied, what's a poor influence peddler to do? Turn K Street into Main Street, where you needn't disclose what you spend on Joe and Jane Sixpack.
While nursing associations also had a poor influence on the policymaking process in Jordan, it was significantly better as compared to the overall mean and to other countries as well.
Age appears to be a rather poor influence on this parameter, apart from in Indian women who showed a significant increase from early ages and plateaued later; Brazilian women were shown to have a rather stable percentage of skin covered by SP+ with age (as shown in Tables 3 and 4).
Alomar is with his fifth major league team in 15 seasons and has a reputation for being a poor clubhouse influence.
This situation might be partially explained by decades of poor influence from the central level followed by years of top-down management.
The Baby POG I study showed the degree of surgical resection had poor influence on overall survival as well as underlined in the French study on children under 5 years of age (BBSFOP) [ 18, 19].
While you may be genetically bound to your family, it doesn't mean you need to stick by them if they are toxic, poor influences, or just plain evil.
It failed to address the actual problem and was likely to see unintended consequences because a price signal is a poor way to influence people's health decisions.
