bad
∞
1.0
- adjective
- /bæd/
:
malo
- It's just, it's bad, it's sad, it's not good.
- good and bad
- bad news
- a bad idea
OK, so now I showed that bad trips cost Uber.
- OK, so now I showed that bad trips cost Uber.
- Angle. You can see something very bad from this angle.
- These problems are caused by bad system design.
- You're going to spend all this time chasing these bad leads for what?
- Jeez, that's how bad that is, how bad recruitment is right now.
- It's like this is a really bad duet, right?
- Weak men create bad times and bad times create strong men.
- That's so ambition is not a bad thing, I would say.
- What do you do when you have a bad day, man?
- When you go out there, good or bad, never forget.
- But that's not the bad part, it's the SSD.
- It's not just leading to a bad week or a bad month.
Examples
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But you know what they say, a bad day at Pineway is better than a good day anywhere else.
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These problems are caused by bad system design.
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It's not just leading to a bad week or a bad month.
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Anyway, it looks bad, I think is my take.
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One day at the end of May, we experienced a bad surprise at lunch.
Academic text (2008) -
The question in itself is enough to realize how bad the situation with poetry is at present.
Academic text (2012) -
- What's so bad about it?
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Like every good reporter, he recorded good and bad things about both sides.
Academic text (2011) -
I just wish this wasn't so bad, you know?
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The report was deemed bad because it lacked accurate data.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Very bad or unpleasant and often serious
838
1.0
Not good enough in quality or amount
562
4.1
Very bad or mean and not liked by people
256
3.2
Not good enough or not allowed by rules
176
7.5
Very bad or of low quality
160
1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
88
5.6
Bad or worthless and often causing trouble
63
3.7
Not as good in quality as something else
36
3.5
Not correct because it has mistakes, for example in an argument or plan
30
4.5
Not made well and likely to break or stop working
27
4.4
Not as good as the usual or required quality
25
7.1
Very bad or of poor quality
23
4.4
Not as good as the best, often cheap or simple
19
7.0
Being very bad and of low quality
17
3.9
Not good enough to be acceptable
15
4.5
Not as good as people expect
11
4.4
Not very good and worth less than similar things
9
4.8
Poor quality and likely to break quickly
7
9.9
Very bad or disappointing
4
5.6
Less good than the best choice
4
5.5
Very bad in quality or condition
1
8.4
Very bad and disappointing to experience
Cheap and poorly made
Not good or pleasant, often used jokingly
Not as good as expected or needed
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
6.7
Put someone into a difficult situation they cannot control because of bad luck
- Informal
1
7.9
To put someone into a bad or difficult situation because of bad luck
- Specialized
When people use bad money, they keep better money and it disappears
Compounds
- Informal
28
4.8
A feeling of anger or dislike between people that often leads to hostility
- Specialized
13
3.5
A check from an account without enough money that the bank does not pay
1
7.2
A treatment that is not helpful or is unpleasant but sometimes needed to make you better
- Specialized
A part of a disk where data cannot be read or written because it is damaged
- Specialized
A block in a blockchain that the network computers do not accept because it breaks the rules
- Informal
A place believed to be for punishment after death or a very bad situation
How Bad
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bad is an old English word that originally just meant 'not good'. Because that simple idea fit many situations, people used it for things of 'poor quality', which is why bad can mean something is low standard.