bad
Usage
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When describing things that are lacking in moral qualities or are actually vicious and reprehensible, bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan.
Example Sentences
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The fruit can lower your levels of bad cholesterol and improve overall diet quality, say researchers at Penn State.
From MarketWatch
While it was a bad deal for his dad, Ansari learned the thrill of making money.
From Los Angeles Times
Even Sheriff Taylor had the occasion to welcome someone worse than Otis the town drunk into the Mayberry jail.
From Los Angeles Times
But accepting that “where they are” is a degraded information ecosystem designed to reward the worst impulses in human nature means admitting that there is no possibility of rebuilding something more substantive.
From Salon
Adults, after all, are sometimes the worst offenders.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
