bad
US /bæd/
adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
having undesirable or negative qualities
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Bad weather forced the airline to cancel several flights this morning.
Word Family
Synonyms
- poorpeople without possessions or wealth (considered as a group)
- substandardfalling short of some prescribed norm
- unfavorablenot encouraging or approving or pleasing
Collocations
- Easy bad newsdescribing bad news (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency)
- Medium bad management practicesdescribing bad management practices (that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency)
- Hard write off bad debt provisionsto compose or produce in written form regarding off bad debt provisions
- Very Hard act in bad faith during discoveryto act in bad faith during discovery, meaning to perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
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