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worse

[wurs] / wɜrs /
ADJECTIVE
something less good
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Worse than the off-label prescribing is the fearmongering.

From Salon • May 11, 2026

Worse yet, the cancer had apparently traveled to his lungs.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2026

"Worse of all, he gets sent to overturn it, a clear and obvious error. Shocking."

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Worse yet, hours after Felix’s departure, the Platters’ housemaid came down with the plague.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

“Any temperature below zero is dangerous. You can get frostbite and lose fingers and toes. I saw a man who lost the tip of his nose. Worse yet, you can freeze to death.”

From "In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse" by Joseph Marshall III




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