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Adjective
- not working properly
- a bad telephone connection
- reproduced fraudulently
- a forged twenty dollar bill
- characterized by wickedness or immorality
- physically unsound or diseased
- not financially safe or secure
- anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky
- speculative business enterprises
- below average in quality or performance
- not capable of being collected
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
- feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- felt regretful over his vanished youth
- regretful over mistakes she had made
- he felt bad about breaking the vase
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- a refrigerator full of spoilt food
- feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- he was feeling tough after a restless night
- having undesirable or negative qualities
- his sloppy appearance made a bad impression
- it was a bad light for reading
- the movie was a bad choice
Adverb
- very much; strongly
- I wanted it badly enough to work hard for it
- the cables had sagged badly
- they were badly in need of help
- he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it
- with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- the buildings were badly shaken
Noun
- that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- take the bad with the good