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badly-off

badly-off is the alternative spelling of badly off.

Meaning of badly off

Adjective

badly off (comparative worse off or more badly off, superlative worst off or most badly off)

  1. In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty.
    • The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    poor

Forms of badly-off

comparativeworse-off
comparativemore badly-off
superlativeworst-off
superlativemost badly-off

Questions about badly-off

What is badly-off the alternative spelling of?
Badly-off is the alternative spelling of badly off.

Words near badly-off in the dictionary

  1. badlings
  2. badly
  3. badly off
  4. badly packed kebab
  5. badly packed kebabs
  6. badly-off
  7. badmaash
  8. badmaashes
  9. badman
  10. Badmans
  11. badmash

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