The phrase "as the bad example" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to something or someone that serves as a negative model or reference point in a discussion or argument.
Example: "In this debate about ethical behavior, we must consider the actions of the corporation as the bad example of what not to do."
Alternatives: "as a negative example" or "as a poor model".
"Even to this day, it is held up as the bad example".
Others banned it amid protests from parents over swearing – including the frequent use of "goddam" and, more rarely, "fuck" – as well as the bad example they believed Caulfield set.
WHEN Corinne May Botz was a preteenager in Glen Rock, N.J., she and her two sisters appeared on a segment of "Good Morning America" as the "bad example," she said recently, in a story about children's messy bedrooms.
You could violate the premise a few times, but eventually not only will you become persona non grata with the target, but you'll damage your relationships with others who notice the bad example as it's broadcast more visibly with celebrity-ish nodes.
The Obamacare website will doubtlessly be taught in computer programming classes for years to come as "the best bad example of how not to do a website rollout".
The torture question is merely the tip of the iceberg (the best bad example, as it were) in how Obama is going to handle Bush's legacy.
According to diplomat Gerhard Almer, the Yugoslav disintegration was feared as "a bad example for the dissolution of the Soviet Union".
Whereas MICRA served as a bad example to the nation, let us now reverse the tide and set out on a positive path.
Whereas MICRA served as a bad example to the nation, let us now reverse the tide and set out on a positive path when it comes to deadly and destructive medical negligence and incompetency.
Turkey's priority is evidently to abolish the Syrian Kurd statelet as a bad example of self-determination which might strengthen the Kurds in Turkey.
Rock Solid Parents may be alarmed to learn that Ralph Covert, who plans to perform for their children on Sunday, was once known in his native Chicago, the rest of the United States and even in Europe as a Bad Example.
