What is the meaning of the word "bad"?
Definitions:
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below average in quality or performance
adjective
- a bad chess player
- a bad chess player
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characterized by wickedness or immorality
adjective
- led a very bad life
- led a very bad life
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feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
adjective
- my throat feels bad
- my throat feels bad
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having undesirable or negative qualities
adjective
- a bad report card
- a bad report card
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nonstandard
adjective
- socalled bad grammar
- socalled bad grammar
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not capable of being collected
adjective
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
- a bad (or uncollectible) debt
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not financially safe or secure
adjective
- a bad investment
- a bad investment
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not in an edible or usable condition, in referring to foodstuffs
adjective
- The meat was bad.
- The meat was bad.
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not working properly
adjective
- a bad telephone connection
- a bad telephone connection
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physically unsound or diseased
adjective
- has a bad back
- has a bad back
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reproduced fraudulently
adjective
- like a bad penny...
- like a bad penny...
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that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
noun
- take the bad with the good
- take the bad with the good
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very intense
adjective
- a bad headache
- a bad headache
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with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
adverb
- the injury hurt badly
- the injury hurt badly