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bad paper

A bounced check (one that cannot yield money because it is drawing from an account with insufficient funds). This better not be bad paper—I really need the money.

bad paper

n. bad checks; a bad check. She got six months for passing bad paper.

See also: bad, paper

References in classic literature ?

He had already quite a collection of prizes, worthless books on bad paper, but in gorgeous bindings decorated with the arms of the school: his position had freed him from bullying, and he was not unhappy.

View in context

As if the role of a domestic helper with bad papers is not bad enough, she is also supplied with characters of such extreme handicaps.

In silences, 'Hello, Love, Goodbye' soars

This was not some naive, inexperienced manager being goaded into speaking out of turn by the big bad papers.

Rodgers and Lawwell feel the window pain

Good relationships may cure bad papers, but good papers will not often fix bad relationships.

A New Approach: Preserving the Blessing of Wealth Through Estate Planning

Clearly there are bad papers written in highly scoring journals, and there are major breakthroughs which might appear in mid-tier scoring journals or more niche publications," he says.

Digital Science: adopting a new way to measure article quality

There is a fundamental lack of accountability on the part of inspectors writing bad papers that is not being addressed.

Everything old is new again: the return of pre-assessment informal conferences

The lesson from the school of unintended consequences was that a bigger submission pool also means more problems with bad papers. To my surprise, too many aspiring authors never read the journals before submitting a paper (Rotfeld 2005), though I knew before that many authors did not read the articles they cite.

Parting perspectives from an aging editor (& thanks for all the fish)

This is not to say these are bad papers, but many of them appear to be the beginning of what could be very good arguments and analysis in bioethics, but because of the constraints on length, often one is left feeling the best part of the paper's discussion happened in the room in which it was first presented.

Matti Hayry, Tuija Takala, Peter Herissone-Kelly and Gardar Arnason, eds.: Arguments and Analysis in Bioethics

I also want to make clear that I'm not talking about some of the other categories of bad papers, such as the things are are probably true, but of little interest to anyone.

Trial by press release: plus: a jury of your peers?

They can publish bad papers because there are journals with mediocre review processes.

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG

It is true that the writers of reviews have to describe the literature as it exists, but in doing so it is appropriate to make judgements between good papers and bad papers, between core observations and those that are more likely to be epiphenomena, or worse still, the results of poor science.

Resveratrol in Health and Disease

While the importance of correcting medical literature after fraudulent publication has been addressed, surprisingly little attention has been paid to the important issue of correcting the medical literature after publication of bad papers. As noted in a previous editorial, (4) the peer-review process is intended to detect poorly designed or misleading articles before they are published.

Correcting the medical literature: ethics and policy

In general, there were, if not more bad papers, certainly fewer good papers than in previous volumes.

S. Kauser, W. During and R. Oakey (eds) New Technology-Based Firms in the New Millennium

Unusually for such a volume, there are no bad papers, and several good ones; the future of Aegean prehistory is in safe hands.