bad off
Example Sentences
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“Poor people are as bad off as in the special period, but a segment of middle and upper class have access to dollars and are not in such bad shape, which causes real social tension.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 8, 2026
No one even bothered to call Ramaswamy a pedophile, that’s how bad off he was.
From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2023
Farrell - whose kicking accuracy is 44.3% across the 2023 Six Nations - conceded: "I was bad off the tee today."
From BBC ● Feb. 25, 2023
While mine is still high, and I’m not as bad off as many former players, I still lost something.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2021
And cheerleaders aren’t too bad off either, but down here, the females who reign supreme are beauty queens.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
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