"rotten apple" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-rotten apple.ogg [Australia] Forms: rotten apples [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} rotten apple (plural rotten apples)
  1. (idiomatic) A bad person, especially one who has a corrupting influence on others: a bad apple. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: there's a rotten apple in every barrel
    Sense id: en-rotten_apple-en-noun-owG~9yge Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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