badness

Example Sentences

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No one else could have done what Prince did for as long as Prince did it, and the untimely departure of His Royal Badness left behind no heirs.

From Salon • Apr. 21, 2026

Badness is a quality of a thing that exists, and in Bankman-Fried’s empire, the things we usually describe as “management,” such as “financial reporting procedures” and “risk management controls,” basically didn’t.

From Washington Post • Apr. 17, 2023

We were surrounded by people donning their best “Purple Rain” regalia and Prince costumes in memoriam of His Royal Badness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2022

Badness can be just a cavalcade of unconscious mistakes, but sometimes it’s because a show is aiming for something big, and its ambition has wildly outstripped its capacity.

From Slate • Dec. 16, 2019

Badness is its own punishment, let the bad world observe.

From The Journal of Arthur Stirling : the Valley of the Shadow by Sinclair, Upton