bad seed

noun

Definitions

  1. A genetic source of bad behavior or other negative results.

    • A bad seed produces a bad tree and in due course bad fruit, and a good seed produces a good tree and good fruit.
    • "Listen, some people just come from bad seed." Mr. Heath shook his head. ... "If Ian is from bad seed, though, is from the mother, not the father
  2. A bad apple

    A bad apple: a bad person who negatively influences others.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA