badly off en · ADJ
Meanings
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In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty.
The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most badly off | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| bad off | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more badly off | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| bad-off | alternative | lexicographic | |
| worse off | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| badly-off | alternative | lexicographic | |
| worst off | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (5)
pl w trudnym położeniu (In unfortunate circumstances) · fi huonossa jamassa (In unfortunate circumstances) · pl źle sytuowany (In unfortunate circumstances) · de schlecht dran (In unfortunate circumstances) · fi huonolla tolalla (In unfortunate circumstances)