bad
adjective
not good in any manner or degree.
badness
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a word derived from
bad.
Example Sentences
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I am growing to love Jane Schoenbrun’s exfoliation of ’80s horror obsessions, especially for the movie’s nonjudgmental embrace: Let these movies be free in all their “problematic” badness and let them work on you.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2026
He said said there had been "no badness, no malice" in the actions that led to the crash.
From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2024
Her badness, her boldness, her voice is being translated into this galvanizing force for a young generation.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2022
It’s poignantly terrible, but its badness is immaterial to Hogg’s project.
From New York Times ● Oct. 28, 2021
“Yeah, but it’s hard knowing that people can hide so much badness inside themselves, people you think you know and love. It makes you wonder about everybody.”
From "Mississippi Trial, 1955" by Chris Crowe
