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Meaning of bad

1. (n) that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; "take the bad with the good"

2. (adj.sat.) 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"

3. (adj.sat.) (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food"

4. (adj.sat.) not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance"

5. (adj.sat.) reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill"

6. (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

7. (adj.sat.) characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life"

8. (adj.sat.) keenly sorry or regretful; "felt bad about letting the team down"; "was sorry that she had treated him so badly"; "felt bad about breaking the vase"

9. (adj.sat.) capable of harming; "bad habits"; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"

10. (adj.sat.) physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"

11. (adj.sat.) very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm"

12. (adj.sat.) 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"

13. (adj.sat.) nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

14. (adj.sat.) below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital"

15. (adj.sat.) not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt"

16. (adv) 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"

17. (adv) 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"

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