bad : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb under the worst of conditions
  at the worst.
  
  • at worst we'll go to jail

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• adverb under the worst of conditions
  at the worst.
  
  • at worst we'll go to jail

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• noun (computer science) a block (usually one sector) that cannot reliably hold data
  

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• noun a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  animosity; animus.
  

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• noun a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds
  bad check.
  
  • issuing a bad check is a form of larceny

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• noun a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds
  bad check.
  
  • issuing a bad check is a form of larceny

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• noun a debt that is unlikely to be repaid
  

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• noun (old-fashioned slang) a bad person
  

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• noun a fairy that tends to cause harm
  

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• noun any person who is not on your side
  

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• noun someone who deliberately stirs up trouble
  mischief-maker; troublemaker; trouble maker; troubler.
  

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• noun an eroded and barren region in southwestern South Dakota and northwestern Nebraska
  Badlands.
  

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Bad" lands"

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1. Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposits) have been often eroded into fantastic forms, and much intersected by canons, and where lack of wood, water, and forage increases the difficulty of traversing the country, whence the name, first given by the Canadian French, Mauvaises Terres (bad lands).

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• noun an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes
  misfortune; ill luck; tough luck.
  
• noun an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate
  mischance; mishap.
  
  • if I didn't have bad luck I wouldn't have any luck at all
• noun unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event
  misfortune.
  

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• noun impoliteness resulting from ignorance
  ill-breeding.
  

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• noun a person who does harm to others
  

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• noun a persisting angry mood
  ill temper.
  

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• noun weather unsuitable for outdoor activities
  inclemency; inclementness.
  

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• adjective satellite socially incorrect in behavior
  rude; unmannerly; unmannered; ill-mannered.
  
  • resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion

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• adjective satellite annoyed and irritable
  crabby; grouchy; ill-tempered; crabbed; cross; grumpy; fussy.
  

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• verb deteriorate in health
  relapse.
  
  • he relapsed

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• verb stop operating or functioning
  die; give out; give way; break; go; conk out; fail; break down.
  
  • The engine finally went
  • The car died on the road
  • The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town
  • The coffee maker broke
  • The engine failed on the way to town
  • her eyesight went after the accident
• verb become unfit for consumption or use
  spoil.
  
  • the meat must be eaten before it spoils

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• adjective satellite facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
  distressed; hard put; hard-pressed.
  
  • distressed companies need loans and technical advice
  • financially hard-pressed Mexican hotels are lowering their prices
  • we were hard put to meet the mortgage payment
  • found themselves in a bad way financially

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• adjective satellite very good
  groovy; dandy; corking; bully; swell; smashing; great; keen; slap-up; neat; cracking; nifty; peachy; bang-up.
  
  • he did a bully job
  • a neat sports car
  • had a great time at the party
  • you look simply smashing

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• to be out of favor, or in bad repute.

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• to be customarily early (or late) in returning home or in retiring to rest.

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• (Naut.), to endure a gale well or ill; said of a vessel. Shak.

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• adjective satellite deserving regret
  regrettable.
  
  • regrettable remarks
  • it's regrettable that she didn't go to college
  • it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church

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• in a forced, reluctant, or perfunctory manner; ungraciously.

  What might have been done with a good grace would at least be done with a bad grace. Macaulay.

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