bad off
bad off adjective: synonym of badly off.
Adjective
bad off (comparative worse off, superlative worst off)
- Synonym of badly off.
- But I always come to this conclusion. No matter how bad off you are, there's always somebody in a worse boat.1934, James Thomas Farrell, Studs Lonigan: A Trilogy Comprising Young Lonigan, The Young Manhood of Studs Lonigan, and Judgment Day, page 287
- Since both modes are equally bad off, it would seem that we are just as well advised to embrace hypothetico-inferential reasoning in all its fullness1975, Grover Maxwell, Robert Milford Anderson, Induction, Probability, and Confirmation, page 126
Synonyms of bad off
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Forms of bad off
| comparative | worse off |
|---|---|
| superlative | worst off |
| alternative form | bad-off |
| alternative form | badly off |
| alternative form | badly-off |
Questions about bad off
- What does bad off mean?
- Bad off means synonym of badly off.
- What part of speech is bad off?
- Bad off is an adjective.
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