badly off
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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
You might think: “Well, maybe I will be off by a little bit in my assumptions around the future hospitalization rate based on that news report, but how badly off can I be?”
From Slate • Dec. 17, 2021
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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