- comparative of bad.
worse
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The gas play is worse because it would also harm U.S. economic interests.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Americans and Israelis are conjoined by history, for better or worse, and now see each other as distorted reflections, through a glass darkly, as the King James Bible puts it.
From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026
Only once has he finished a series with a worse bowling average than the 53.66 he returned in South Africa.
From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026
A Ukrainian military officer, speaking on the condition of anonymity, expressed concerns that the fighting would be "worse than before" when it resumed.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026
What’s worse is that her gift was gone.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
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