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The phrase "awful ideas" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe concepts or suggestions that are considered very bad or undesirable.
Example: "During the brainstorming session, several awful ideas were proposed, but we ultimately decided to focus on more viable options."
Alternatives: "terrible suggestions" or "bad concepts".
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I can't tell you the number of awful ideas I've had in my life".
She says it's "ground zero in elite ideology, a breeding ground for lots of really awful ideas".
Whatever the chicanery that led to their demise, these were awful ideas that were never going to fly.
Despite facing some rather nasty individuals and challenges, the characters rely on lateral thinking and activation of some awful ideas to get them through.
There is precedent to say that adaptations are awful ideas, let alone adaptations of successful adaptations: the 1991 film The Silence of the Lambs was faithful to the 1988 Thomas Harris novel and the Oscar count alone suggests the film did pretty well, but its successors – Hannibal, Red Dragon, Hannibal Rising – weren't received quite as warmly.
AI's practical side continues to thrive, but its theoretical side has languished after bequeathing a mixture of brilliant and awful ideas to philosophy and cognitive psychology.
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"This is an awful idea.
In fact, that's an awful idea.
Actually, no, that's an awful idea.
"It's an awful idea," said Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah.
Beyoncé Knowles is the best, and worst, example of why this can be an awful idea.
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