bad
Usage
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When describing things that are lacking in moral qualities or are actually vicious and reprehensible, bad is the broadest and simplest term: a bad man; bad habits. Evil applies to that which violates or leads to the violation of moral law: evil practices. Ill now appears mainly in certain fixed expressions, with a milder implication than that in evil: ill will; ill-natured. Wicked implies willful and determined doing of what is very wrong: a wicked plan.
Example Sentences
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When I imagined myself pecking away at the keyboard, I felt bad.
From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026
"When I see men my age who have graduated and are going to university - I feel very bad, I feel like I am burning in hell," she adds.
From BBC • May 24, 2026
Mr. Trump on Sunday pushed back against critics of the deal, saying “I don’t make bad deals.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Kripke told me what he’d told many other journalists: the rule guiding him and his writers is that what’s bad for the world is good for the show.
From Salon • May 24, 2026
Being blinded by my own desire was bad enough, but then I had turned impetuous, reckless, vengeful.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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