bad practice

noun

: a bad or unwise thing to do
Letting the car get/run very low on fuel is bad practice.

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Ignoring Customer Feedback or Concerns One bad practice that can derail a company’s customer service efforts is failing to listen actively to customer feedback. Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2024 Limit Employees’ Work Leveraging invasive solutions such as digital rights management or mobile device management is usually a bad practice. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2024 Do nothing and try to reform sports that will have doubled down on bad practice. Tom Farrey, Time, 17 July 2023 In some accounts, officials cited a poor attitude and bad practice habits. Morgan Campbell Todd Heisler, New York Times, 24 June 2023 It wasn’t received well and considered to be bad practice. Chloe Berger, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2023

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“Bad practice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20practice. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.

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