badness

Example Sentences

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But it also hints at the male-pattern badness still to come.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025

He said said there had been "no badness, no malice" in the actions that led to the crash.

From BBC • Aug. 19, 2024

I make mistakes, but here is what I've learned that helps me mitigate those feelings of badness that helps me overcome them or circumvent them the next time, hopefully.

From Salon • Jul. 12, 2023

Although I do credit kids with nearly extrasensory powers in reading their parents, daily life consists of so many moments of goodness and badness and activity and distraction and forgettable stretches of getting by.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

The badness usually started in the mornings right after I woke.

From "The Stars Beneath Our Feet" by David Barclay Moore