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Dictionary translations for "à mauvais escient"

à mauvais escient adverb

ill-advisedly (locution adverbiale, évaluation négative, manière d'agir)

Phrases with "à mauvais escient" (2)

à bon et à mauvais escient - wittingly and ill-advisedly
à bon ou à mauvais escient - wittingly or ill-advisedly

Contexts with "à mauvais escient"

La science peut être employée à bon ou à mauvais escient. Science can be used for good or evil purposes.

Il va sans dire que fumer est mauvais pour votre santé. It goes without saying that smoking is bad for the health.

C'est un mauvais vent qui ne souffle rien de bon. It's an ill wind that blows no good.

Ce n'est pas aussi mauvais qu'il y paraît. It's not as bad as it seems.

Comme les scientifiques ne cessent de le dire, il n'y a ni bon ni mauvais dans aucune découverte scientifique. As scientists keep insisting, there is neither good nor bad in any scientific discovery.

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