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The phrase "stay bad" is correct and usable in written English
It can be used in informal contexts, often to encourage someone to maintain a rebellious or non-conformist attitude. Example: "Even when faced with criticism, I want you to stay bad and keep being yourself."
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"And things may stay bad for an indefinite period".
Inspectors say that secondary schools have, overall, improved slightly but it is the good ones that are getting better, while the bad ones stay bad.
So if there is a recession going on now, the figures are likely to stay bad until after it has ended.
I ask David Ly, his boss, why he put Mr Howard's poster up, but he says he is too busy to speak to me.If the polls stay bad for Mr Howard right up to election day, his contest with Ms McKew could even be decided by the distribution of second-preference votes from 11 independent or small party candidates running in Bennelong.
She is always ready with a positive exemplar: an insulation project in Kirklees, a solar-panelled brewery in Lewes, permaculture, energy-saving ideas, some reason to be cheerful – the greatest of which is, just because things look bad, doesn't mean they'll stay bad.
They offer a better risk/reward if things stay bad, as Brett mentions could be the outcome if the "fixes" don't fix.
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His luck stayed bad.
Disarmingly, the bad guys stayed bad and the good good.
He knew what it was now, and the pain stayed bad but bearable.
But in her gently nostalgic vision, nothing and no one stays bad for long.
Coppejans's luck stayed bad and he clipped a backhand off the net that cost him the game.
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