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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

badly off en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. 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

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
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

Antonyms

well off · rich

Synonyms

poor

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)