bad
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1.0
- adjective
- /bæd/
:
estropeado
- Make sure to check the expiration date on the milk; if it's bad, it could make you sick.
- go bad
- bad food
- bad taste
This packet is bad and this one is safe.
- This packet is bad and this one is safe.
- If it has still changed color and tastes bad, what's going on?
- If you make a mistake eating bad food, don't do it again.
Examples
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But you know, if meat goes bad, it's not really the same thing.
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This packet is bad and this one is safe.
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If it has still changed color and tastes bad, what's going on?
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We've got some fresh fruit that we're gonna have to eat soon or it's gonna go bad.
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With the bad food and bad water the regiment got, diarrhea was a common complaint.
Fiction book (1992) -
Bad food is unhealthy food, and I've been known to like bad food for a long time.
Academic text (1992) -
A year later, anybody could buy a bad hamburger anytime at an Atlanta lunch counter.
Fiction book (1990) -
Finally, school counselors should recognize that giving bad news to parents is difficult, emotionally draining work.
Academic text (2006) -
I opened the fridge and immediately smelled the rotten eggs; they were definitely bad.
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After a week, the leftover pizza had gone bad and I had to throw it away.
Synonyms
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1.0
Very bad and unpleasant to experience
50
1.0
Having gone bad and tasting unpleasant
21
3.2
To become spoiled and no longer safe to eat or use
1
1.8
Food that is no longer safe to eat because it has gone bad
1
2.7
No longer fresh and unpleasant to eat
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 Spoiled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bad has long meant 'not good', and this was an easy way to describe food that was no longer safe. So today bad can mean 'spoiled' or no longer good to eat.