"dastardly for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe someone's actions or behavior as cowardly, underhanded, or sneaky. Example: "He was known for his dastardly ways, often using deceit and manipulation to get what he wanted."
But the only way to thwart the dastardly schemes (too dastardly for credibility) of that monstrous villain (too monstrous to be true) is to set up a satellite link to the outside world.
A leading opponent of the bill, Senator Paul Wellstone, Democrat of Minnesota, said through a spokeswoman that the bill was "dastardly for consumers, especially in these economic times," and that he would fight it.
His character was branded a "rat" and "dastardly" for splitting up Gina and Emily by the Daily Record.
Watch out for a reversal by that dastardly Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, he said, as another court was reversing his administration's asylum policy.
In 1992, an NBC Sports executive named Terry O'Neil coined the term "plausibly live," a dastardly euphemism for tape delay — a policy that soon showed cracks in its video foundation.
When he succeeds in stealing the original manuscript of "Jane Eyre," it is up to Thursday to thwart his dastardly plans for the hero and heroine of that novel.
An off-line tee shot, however, did come to rest in a 10-inch deep hole about the size of a manhole cover just off the par-5 12th fairway, a dastardly break for a golfer with a bandaged wrist.
Meanwhile, they figure out that the oddball passenger, a frustrated janitor at a Times Square hotel, is actually the source of the series of ghost appearances, which are part of his dastardly plot for world domination.
Its elements include an ocean voyage, a shipwreck, a cargo of something called stardust, a blissful Edwardian chorus line of singing mermaids and three orphans (sold to a dastardly seaman for sinister purposes) who have never seen the light of day before.
It's not known whether he also invented a handsome alter-ego with the charm and rugged good looks of Brad Pitt to carry out his dastardly work for him, but evidence suggests Shaw may not have been as cold-blooded as his movie counterpart: his bombing took place at 3.30am, when Starbucks patrons had long since gone home.
It's just not cricket: The Aussies had to get back at the dastardly Poms for being drubbed in the cricket over the summer.
