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worse

[wurs] / wɜrs /
ADJECTIVE
something less good
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To make matters worse, the Bank of Japan has embarked on a period of interest rate increases to battle inflation, with borrowing costs at a more than 30-year high and likely to go up again.

From Barron's ● Nov. 8, 2026

Seasonal weather conditions and the burning of crop residue contribute to deteriorating air quality, while firecrackers set off during Diwali can make the situation worse.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

And if those stocks truly crash, ordinary people are going to get hit with losses that are far worse than they ever imagined, and find that they are more exposed than they realized.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 6, 2026

The study failed to meet its predetermined statistical requirement for demonstrating that the calcium scan approach was not meaningfully worse than conventional risk assessment.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 6, 2026

C.C. stared at Duane in a way that made him feel that description-giving was a skill he could not possibly be worse at.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el


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