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On the other hand, VARCHAR is a variable length Data Type. For example, if you declare a variable/column of VARCHAR (10) data type, it will take the number of bytes equal to the number of characters stored in this column.
I guess you cannot index a VARCHAR(MAX)/NVARCHAR(MAX) column. coming back to your question: I dont think it is bad to use VARCHAR(MAX) is bad. If you are storing smaller piecs of data in a VARCHAR(MAX) column, it will be treated as normal. If you dont want to index the column, then you can definitely go with VARCHAR(MAX) option. But most people do not advise that. First of all, by having a VARCHAR(MAX) will confuse some one who looks at the data later on.