poor decision
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3.5
- noun
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mala decisión
- Our friend made a poor decision, and you made him pay tremendously for that mistake.
- make poor decision
There are so many opportunities to recover from poor decisions.
- There are so many opportunities to recover from poor decisions.
- The place that deals with all our poor decisions.
- If you are engaging in any kind of high numbness, denial, poor decision making, just stop.
- And so I may be rewarded for a poor decision, just like I could make a strategic bet in business that for all reasons was the right call.
Examples
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Leaders who abused their position, who made poor decisions about where to hunt or camp, quickly lost their tribe.
Fiction book (2002) -
Policymakers today are still making poor decisions when it comes to balancing free enterprise with environmental concerns.
Blog text (19) -
But mostly, I see good cops that have made poor decisions.
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Well, as you already know... there is a rising number of our youth making poor decisions.
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However, if you make poor decisions, your business can suffer in a big way.
Blog text (5) -
We, as a society, are beginning to reward poor decisions and punish good decisions.
Blog text (13) -
I also had low self-esteem, which I believe led me to make some poor decisions around relationships.
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People often make poor decisions when they're desperate.
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The short-term benefits of making poor decisions lead to long-term losses and regrets.
Blog text (15) -
Many people often make poor decisions when they are under pressure.
Synonyms
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2.3
A choice or plan that will probably cause problems
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2.4
A choice that is not good and causes problems later
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4.2
A quick choice made without thinking that often causes problems
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2.8
A careless, foolish error that causes problems
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5.2
A decision made quickly without careful thought
A choice that is foolish and not well thought out
A very foolish decision that shows little thought
Antonyms
How Unwise
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a choice that is not wise or likely to have negative consequences' is directly and compositionally derived from 'poor' (bad/insufficient) modifying 'decision' (a choice). This adjective + noun pattern is a straightforward descriptive construction common across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Poor decision comes from the simple idea that poor means low quality and decision means a choice. Imagine building a bridge with weak materials — that would be a poor decision because it will likely fail. So poor decision means 'a bad choice' that is not wise and will probably cause problems.