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too bad

Idioms  
  1. Unfortunate, as in Too bad the shoes don't fit you. [Late 1500s]


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"I certainly feel like the last few weekends, the pace has not been too bad on Sundays," Norris said.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

It is too bad that “The Butterfly Season” lacks a map to help non-Danes better follow the author’s native geography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Later, wedding performed, as they dance the “Chicken Dance” with one another, Marion sighs, “Oh, Lyle, it’s too bad our father isn’t alive to see this.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

The distrust is too bad, the hucksters too loud.

From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026

I don’t feel too bad; I have some pain, but the worst of it is that apparently there are still lice under the plaster bandage.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

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