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
“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
However, a committee of MPs criticised the running of the project, saying it had run "badly off course".
From BBC • May 27, 2020
When I realized that I did not even know what day of the month it was, I began to realize how badly off I had in fact been, lately.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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