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so much the worse for

so much the worse for phrase: used to indicate that an unfortunate event, outcome, etc. is of the subject's own doing; and that the speaker feels no great concern for it.

Phrase

so much the worse for

  1. (+object) Used to indicate that an unfortunate event, outcome, etc. is of the subject's own doing; and that the speaker feels no great concern for it.
    • If he cannot realize the error of his ways, then so much the worse for him.

Questions about so much the worse for

What does so much the worse for mean?
So much the worse for means used to indicate that an unfortunate event, outcome, etc. is of the subject's own doing; and that the speaker feels no great concern for it.
What part of speech is so much the worse for?
So much the worse for is a phrase.

Words near so much the worse for in the dictionary

  1. so much as
  2. so much for
  3. so much so
  4. so much the better
  5. so much the worse
  6. so much the worse for
  7. so much win
  8. so on
  9. so quiet one can hear a pin drop
  10. so quiet one could hear a pin drop
  11. so quiet you can hear a pin drop

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