noun
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Error, mistake.
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An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good.
adjective
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Unfavorable; negative; not good.
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Abducting children is bad for mothers.
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Not suitable or fitting.
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Do you think it is a bad idea to confront him directly?
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Not appropriate, of manners etc.
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It is bad manners to talk with your mouth full.
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Unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.
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Lard is bad for you. Smoking is bad for you, too. Grapes are bad for dogs but not for humans.
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Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.
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I went to the hospital to see how my grandfather was doing. Unfortunately, he's in a bad state.
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Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.
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Stop being bad, or you will get a spanking!
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Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
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Divorce is usually a bad experience for everybody involved.
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Evil; wicked.
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Be careful. There are bad people in the world.
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Faulty; not functional.
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I had a bad headlight.
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(of food) Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
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These apples have gone bad.
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(of breath) Malodorous; foul.
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Bad breath is not pleasant for anyone.
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False; counterfeit; illegitimate.
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They were caught trying to pass bad coinage.
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Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.
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He's a bad gardener; everything he tries to grow ends up dying.
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Of poor physical appearance.
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I don't look bad in this dress, do I?
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Bold and daring.
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Good, superlative, excellent, cool.
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Man, that new car you bought is bad!
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(of a need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.
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He is in bad need of a haircut.
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Overly promiscuous, licentious.
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(of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.
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He gave me a bad check.
adverb
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Badly.
example
I didn't do too bad in the last exam.
Examples of bad in a Sentence
No. I just had a bad dream.
I feel bad about that.
Howie's not a bad guy.
When you want a baby so bad, the first morning of sickness is a blessing.
He said they called him a bad name.
Being alone didn't seem so bad to me after all.
You're as bad as he is!
I know, and I feel bad about that.
I made a really bad mistake and I don't know what to do.
First, it is only useful for factors that are immediately bad for you, not factors that will kill you in ten years.
I can't even imagine how bad he felt.
Tell me truly, do you think me as bad as that?
He sought in himself either remorse for having angered his father or regret at leaving home for the first time in his life on bad terms with him, and was horrified to find neither.
The bad news, I guess.
And second, people are really bad at connecting cause and effect in their lives when it comes to things like this.
He's not bad! low voices could be heard saying.
No wonder the cavalry wanted you bad enough to pay you twice what they thought Pete might pay.
And you offer me negotiations when I have expended millions, when you are in alliance with England, and when your position is a bad one.
He wasn't the one who gave me a bad name.
You don't seem to be doing too bad – in either department.
The bad guys are vampires?
Do not read bad books, they will make you bad.
After thinking a moment she said, "My eyes are bad!" then she changed it into "My eyes are sick!"
It's a bad business, eh?
It is not so bad as you are.
Bad guys were everywhere and children running away.
I know; I'm acting like a fool but it's been a bad day... week... month.
Why is it good when you adopt a baby that isn't yours, but bad if it's yours and you don't give birth to it?
It wasn't bad enough she had to pitch her cookies in front of him, now she was going to cry.
Howie is a very good guy who helps catch the bad ones.
It's kinda neat to know we're helping save the world from bad guys.
It was bad enough that Jonny was threatening some kind of penalty.
She wasn't sure she'd keep sane, if she considered all the bad things that might happen.
Last night's penalty hadn't been that bad.
Having become king of Navarre on Jeanne's death in 1349, he suppressed a rising at Pampeluna with much cruelty, and by this and similar actions thoroughly earned his surname of "The Bad."
He used to say that no man was better than a good priest, and none worse than a bad one.
This arrangement was adopted, not for the purpose of fraudulently selling bad material under cover of the better exterior, but in order that the outside of the roll should be composed of that which would best stand wear and tear.
Cicero shows that he was much interested in casuistical questions, as, for example, whether a good man who had received a coin which he knew to be bad was justified in passing it on to another.
The policy of leaving things alone only led from bad to worse, and "the case for intervention is overwhelming."
As bad luck would have it, Mr. Randolph took the wrong road.
Bad science fiction plots, speculating on futures which could not really happen, are the worst examples of this.
If, on the other hand, they want self-sufficiency in agriculture, then farm subsidies in other countries are bad for them.
It is bad in that it allows a few to harm the many.
I have no doubt that time discriminates between the good and the bad; and when at last I shall plant, I shall be less likely to be disappointed.
However, I think the regiment is not a bad one, eh?
She only felt herself again completely borne away into this strange senseless world--so remote from her old world--a world in which it was impossible to know what was good or bad, reasonable or senseless.
Bad as the situation was, she still couldn't stand the thought of leaving the ranch.
Afraid I'll make you look bad in front of the 'hood?
This is the least bad wound I.ve had yet.
They were both quiet for a moment, and then Sarah said, "Will you please give me a chance to prove that this isn't as bad as you think."