Noun
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that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
"take the bad with the good"
Adjective
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not working properly
"a bad telephone connection"
"a defective appliance"
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reproduced fraudulently
"like a bad penny..."
"a forged twenty dollar bill"
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characterized by wickedness or immorality
"led a very bad life"
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capable of harming
"bad air"
"smoking is bad for you"
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physically unsound or diseased
"has a bad back"
"a bad heart"
"bad teeth"
"an unsound limb"
"unsound teeth"
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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"
- high risk -
nonstandard
"so-called bad grammar"
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below average in quality or performance
"a bad chess player"
"a bad recital"
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not capable of being collected
"a bad (or uncollectible) debt"
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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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(of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
"bad meat"
"a refrigerator full of spoilt food"
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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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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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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"
Adverb
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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"
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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"