That's not inherently bad; it's sort of the American way.
But this does not make them inherently bad.
"Zero-tolerance policies in and of themselves aren't inherently bad," he said.
It's not that any one of these activities is inherently bad.
There is nothing inherently bad about "preliminary data" so long as they are identified as such.
Militarism - belief that war is not inherently bad but can be a beneficial aspect of society.
The concept of data caps is not inherently bad.
Besides, there's nothing inherently bad about producing or buying a fuel-inefficient car.
"He rejected the philosophical argument that a free trade agreement is inherently bad."
"It wasn't calculated," she says, as if calculation were inherently bad.