bad

/bæd/ adj (comparative worse /wɜrs/, superlative worst /wɜrst/) (UNHEALTHY)

Definition

› (of a person) ill or not well, or (of an illness) serious or severe: a bad back/heart a bad cough bad health He’s in really bad shape. He’s got bad arthritis and can hardly walk.

(Definition of bad adj (UNHEALTHY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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