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worst off

worst off is the superlative form 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

Antonyms of worst off

Forms of worst off

alternative formworst-off

Questions about worst off

What is worst off the superlative form of?
Worst off is the superlative form of badly off.

Words near worst off in the dictionary

  1. worst enemies
  2. worst enemy
  3. worst for wear
  4. Worst Korea
  5. worst of both worlds
  6. worst off
  7. worst timeline
  8. worst-case
  9. worst-case scenario
  10. worst-case scenarios
  11. worst-kept secret

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worst off (page history and authors); badly off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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