for better or for worse

Idioms  

1. Under good or bad circumstances, with good or bad effect. For example, For better or for worse he trusts everyone. This term became widely familiar because it appears in the marriage service of the Book of Common Prayer (1549): “With this ring I thee wed, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health, for better or worse, til death do us part.” [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

You also, for better or for worse, managed to limit your sequence-of-returns risk, the danger that poor market returns early in your retirement will adversely impact your portfolio when you need to start making withdrawals to replace your working income.

From MarketWatch

There is, for better or for worse, a difference between outright fraud, misconduct and negligence.

From MarketWatch

Your rollover concern, for better or for worse, is complex.

From MarketWatch

Our parenting could affect his outcome, for better or for worse.

From The Wall Street Journal

His on-air critique comes amid broader unease about the transformation underway at CBS News and how Weiss’s leadership might reshape a storied journalism institution for better or for worse.

From Salon