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Of low quality.

Inaccurate; incorrect

Unfavorable; negative; not good.

Not suitable or fitting.

Not appropriate, of manners etc.

Harmful, especially unhealthy; liable to cause health problems.

(chiefly applied to a person's state of health) Sickly, unhealthy, unwell.

📑 Synonyms: ill poorly sickly Thesaurus:ill

(childish) Not behaving; behaving badly; misbehaving; mischievous or disobedient.

Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.

(childish) Evil; wicked.

📑 Synonyms: vile vicious Thesaurus:evil

Faulty; not functional.

(of food) (Spoiled), rotten, overripe.

📑 Synonyms: rotten Thesaurus:rotten

(of breath) (Malodorous); foul.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:malodorous

False; counterfeit; illegitimate.

📑 Synonyms: fake spurious Thesaurus:fake

Unskilled; of limited ability; not good.

Of poor physical appearance.

(need, want, or pain) Severe, urgent.

📑 Synonyms: dire Thesaurus:urgent

Regretful, guilty, or ashamed.

(of a word, speech, or writing) Vulgar, obscene, or blasphemous.

Not worth it.

(of a draft/check) Not covered by funds on account.

📑 Synonyms: rubber hot

Bold, daring, and tough.

(slang) Good, superlative, excellent, cool.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:good

(slang) Overly promiscuous, licentious.

📑 Synonyms: Thesaurus:promiscuous

(of a woman) Very attractive; hot, sexy.

(sarcastic) {{n-g|Used without a copula to mock people who oppose something without having any real understanding of it.}}

(chiefly in "bad boy", "bad girl", and similar phrases) Attractive due to (one's) rebellious nature.

(colloquial) Badly; poorly.

(intensifier) Badly; severely, extremely, passionately, eagerly.

Something that is bad; a harm or evil.

(with possessive determiner) Error; mistake.

(economics) An item (or kind of item) of merchandise with negative value; an unwanted good. {{wikipedia|Bad (economics)}}

{{n-g|Used to scold a misbehaving child or pet}}.

(archaic) (past). See (bade).

To shell (a walnut).