badly off
Example Sentences
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He had misfired so badly off the 18th tee that he didn’t even know where his ball had gone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026
Brazil was better than Mexico, where he was badly off the pace.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
His short attempt to save bogey, the type of putt he likely could have pulled off blindfolded in his younger years, was badly off line.
From Washington Post • Jul. 14, 2022
“We are not that badly off in the measurement game,” she says.
From Scientific American • Apr. 18, 2022
Well, he thought, let's see how badly off you are.
From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury
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