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• n  that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
  take the bad with the good
• a  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
• s  very intense
  a bad headache
  had a big (or bad) shock
  a bad earthquake
  a bad storm
• s  feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
  my throat feels bad
  she felt bad all over
• s  (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
  bad meat
• a  feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
  he felt bad about breaking the vase
• s  not capable of being collected
  a bad (or uncollectible) debt
• s  below average in quality or performance
  a bad chess player
  a bad recital
• s  nonstandard
  so-called bad grammar
• s  not financially safe or secure
  a bad investment
• s  physically unsound or diseased
  has a bad back
  a bad heart
  bad teeth
• s  capable of harming
  bad air
  smoking is bad for you
• s  characterized by wickedness or immorality
  led a very bad life
• s  reproduced fraudulently
  like a bad penny...
• s  not working properly
  a bad telephone connection
• r  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
• r  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

• Bad Astronomy is the work of Phil Plait, a good astronomer who used to work on the Hubble Space Telescope, a device which started off bad but ended up good.
• The maxim holds true: too much of anything is bad for you.
• The bad guys have more fun.

• badness
• big
• tough
• spoiled
• spoilt
• regretful
• sorry
• uncollectible
• risky
• high-risk
• speculative
• unfit
• unsound
• forged
• defective
• badly

• good
• goodness
• unregretful

News & Articles

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• Bad Axe City Council is scheduled to vote on a proposed 2013-14 budget
  BAD AXE — The Bad Axe City Council is scheduled to vote on a proposed 2013-14 budget at its meeting next week.
  June 13, 2013 - Huron Daily Tribune
• 'Breaking Bad': Creator Vince Gilligan spills on the final eight episodes
  When "Breaking Bad" left off last summer, tenacious DEA agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) was hot on the trail ? and, er, toilet ? of meth maker Walter White (Bryan Cranston). And when the revered drama returns with the second half of season 5 (beginning Aug. 11 on AMC), what should we brace for? Among other things, maybe a bit of self-reflection from the cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who ...
  June 13, 2013 - CNN
• 'Breaking Bad' creator on last episodes
  When "Breaking Bad" left off last summer, tenacious DEA agent Hank Schrader (Dean Norris) was hot on the trail — and, er, toilet — of meth maker Walter White (Bryan Cranston). And when the revered drama returns with the second half of season 5 (beginning Aug. 11 on AMC), what should we brace for? Among other things, maybe a bit of self-reflection from the cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who ...
  June 13, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Lance Armstrong in The Associated Press
  Landis' credibility is like a carton of sour milk: once you take the first sip, you don't have to drink the rest to know it has all gone bad,Armstrong said in a statement.
• Jens Stoltenberg in Salon
  These are separate individuals that are responsible for criminal acts,Stoltenberg said. "It is always bad to judge a whole group of people from what individuals are doing and that is independently of what group these people belong to."
• Jesse James in The Sun
  He said: "There is only one person to blame for this whole situation, and that is me. It's because of my poor judgment that I deserve everything bad that is coming my way."