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Bad (Adjective)

Meaning¹

Not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises".

Examples

The neighborhood kids learned to speak in a bad way, using slang and rude phrases all the time.
The rapper's lyrics were full of bad English, but his fans loved his raw energy.
The bad grammar used by the character in the novel added to his stereotype of being uneducated.
The language students were told not to worry about using bad English, just to focus on communicating.
Ain't is considered bad grammar, but it's commonly used in informal conversation in some regions.

Meaning³

Characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life".

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Badness (noun)

Meaning⁴

Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night".

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Badness (noun)

Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase".

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Meaning⁶

Reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill".

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Forged

Meaning⁷

Very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm".

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Badness (noun)

Meaning⁸

Capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you".

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Meaning⁹

(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food".

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Meaning¹⁰

Not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance".

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Defective

Meaning¹¹

Having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice".