badly off
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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
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
He faults those holding office for allowing the city to go badly off track.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.
From "Animal Farm: A Fairy Story" by George Orwell
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