bad egg
noun
informal + somewhat old-fashioned
: someone who does bad things
He was dishonest, but he was the only bad egg in the group.
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And all of our employees are very trustworthy, but there might be a bad egg throwing in some AI receipts in there.
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Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
The stars really aligned on this one, because there's just not a bad egg in the group.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Lastly, choose your companions carefully—one bad egg in an otherwise collegial foursome can spoil an otherwise divine getaway.
—David Weiss, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The series is about five sisters who are living outside of Dublin, and one of them is married to a particularly bad egg.
—WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
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Jason Del Rey, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
The stars really aligned on this one, because there's just not a bad egg in the group.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
Lastly, choose your companions carefully—one bad egg in an otherwise collegial foursome can spoil an otherwise divine getaway.
—David Weiss, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
The series is about five sisters who are living outside of Dublin, and one of them is married to a particularly bad egg.
—WIRED, 23 Mar. 2023
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“Bad egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bad%20egg. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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