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of poor quality or standard
bad, badness(adj)that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
"take the bad with the good"
bad(adj)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"
bad, big(adj)very intense
"a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"
bad, tough(adj)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"
bad, spoiled, spoilt(adj)(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
"bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
regretful, sorry, bad(adj)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"
bad, uncollectible(adj)not capable of being collected
"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
bad(adj)below average in quality or performance
"a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"
bad(adj)nonstandard
"so-called bad grammar"
bad, risky, high-risk, speculative(adj)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"
bad, unfit, unsound(adj)physically unsound or diseased
"has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
bad(adj)capable of harming
"bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
bad(adj)characterized by wickedness or immorality
"led a very bad life"
bad, forged(adj)reproduced fraudulently
"like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"
bad, defective(adverb)not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"
badly, bad(adverb)with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
"the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad"
badly, bad(adverb)very much; strongly
"I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
falling short of a standarda bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess
not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptablestealing is just plain bad
causing or capable of causing harmsitting too close to the television is said to be bad for the eyes
engaging in or marked by childish misbehaviorthe children were bad, so they didn't get dessert
feeling unhappinesshearing about the world's miseries always makes him feel bad
having a faulta bad video connection that is causing some picture loss
having undergone organic breakdownI think the milk has turned bad
not giving pleasure to the mind or sensesthe air in the damp basement had a very bad smell
of low qualitybad shoes that fell apart within a week
temporarily suffering from a disorder of the bodyI've been feeling bad all week with this cold
having no legal or binding forceall known claims on the property were dismissed by the court as bad
having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of itwith all of his tattoos and piercings, that skinhead looks like one really bad dude
in an unsatisfactory wayyou didn't do too bad on the treadmill test
that which is morally unacceptablethere's bad and good in people of every race and nationality
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