bad weather
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- noun
- /bæd ˈwɛðər/
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mal tiempo
- We decided to stay indoors because of the bad weather outside.
- night or bad weather
And then we started climbing and the, the bad weather was coming faster than than supposed.
- And then we started climbing and the, the bad weather was coming faster than than supposed.
- But when it comes to airplanes, if it's bad weather you actually want the plane flying itself.
- But we act as though bad weather or crazy weather or extreme weather isn't normal.
- We joke that in, in the UK we usually have nine months of bad weather and then three months of winter.
- It's either good weather, bad weather, windy weather, tornadic weather, all sorts icy weather.
- So they're flooding the market and saying, oh, well, you know, no, the bad weather's come in, which is a godsend, I hope.
Examples
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It's been delayed because of bad weather in West Africa.
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Now we've got some bad weather coming in; I figured I'd start fresh.
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Yeah, looks like a bit of bad weather up ahead.
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We have a bit of bad weather in New York.
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The first really bad weather of the year so far.
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Looks like we're heading into some bad weather.
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I'm sorry to report that we're gonna be on the ground a little longer due to some bad weather heading this way.
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We're seeing some bad weather over Canaveral.
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In bad weather they're almost impossible to see and many a ship was lost on those rocks before this light was built.
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At its busiest times, there were lines out the door, but bad weather slowed things down.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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A short time when a lot of rain falls, often with strong wind
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A time with strong wind and heavy rain that makes travel dangerous
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A lot of rain or snow that falls in a short time
Unpleasant wet and cold weather that makes you feel miserable
Cold, wet weather that feels unpleasant outside
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Morphology
The meaning 'unpleasant or unsuitable weather' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'bad' (undesirable) with 'weather' (state of the atmosphere); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer this sense. This compositional, non-idiomatic pattern is cross-linguistically common and follows basic adjective+noun semantics, making it immediately comprehensible to learners.
Etymology
Bad weather is a simple picture: weather that is bad for outdoor plans, like heavy rain or strong wind. So it means 'weather that is unpleasant or makes it hard to go outside'.