bad/poor form
noun
: a way of behaving that is improper
It's considered bad/poor form to arrive so early.
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But Frank, who dropped Toney towards the end of the 2023-24 season for poor form, is unafraid to bench underperforming stars.
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Oakmont Country Club is ready to give the pros their biggest test of the year at the U.S. Open, and bad form isn't a good sign coming in.
—Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Later, one of the company’s favorite tactics was to poach its competitors’ best engineers and coders—bad form, perhaps, but a good business tactic.
—James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
The pair will meet in Bilbao, Spain, on May 21 in the hope of salvaging their seasons, with both suffering staggeringly bad form in the Premier league.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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Elias Burke, New York Times, 13 June 2025
Oakmont Country Club is ready to give the pros their biggest test of the year at the U.S. Open, and bad form isn't a good sign coming in.
—Troy Finnegan, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 June 2025
Later, one of the company’s favorite tactics was to poach its competitors’ best engineers and coders—bad form, perhaps, but a good business tactic.
—James Surowiecki, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2025
The pair will meet in Bilbao, Spain, on May 21 in the hope of salvaging their seasons, with both suffering staggeringly bad form in the Premier league.
—Ben Church, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
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“Bad/poor form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%2Fpoor%20form. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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