Bad is an English word of 3 letters with synonyms like sorry or unsound. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Bad in a sentence
Related words
Bad meaning
- Of low quality.
- Inaccurate; incorrect
- Unfavorable; negative; not good.
Synonyms of Bad
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Using Bad
- The main meaning on this page is: Of low quality. | Inaccurate; incorrect | Unfavorable; negative; not good.
- Useful related words include: sorry, unsound, good, evil.
- Possible Dutch translations are: slecht, ongepast, onaangenaam.
- In the example corpus, bad often appears in combinations such as: bad for, the bad, and bad.
Context around Bad
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 12 start, 7 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Bad
- In this selection, "bad" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, strong, breaking, women, fit, guys and days stand out and add context to how "bad" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include it s bad for the, a breaking bad movie and, bad guy, bad guys and bad news. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "bad" sits close to words such as response, weekend and self, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with bad
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
This legislation is bad policy, bad politics, and bad precedent. (10 words)
This is bad for women, bad for business and bad for our economy. (13 words)
The show in recent years has been buffeted by bad publicity, bad reviews and now bad numbers. (17 words)
This woman has been a bad fit for you as a friend—not necessarily a bad person (we don’t have to decide about that) but a bad fit—and not just for few days or weeks or months but for years. (42 words)
Jess Wade (Presley) is a bad guy who has broken good and wants to defend the people of a small Mexican town from his former dangerous and motley crew of ne'er-do-wells who have bad intentions — some seriously bad men. (42 words)
Also, the addition of having to use the buzzers and the final chase, severely handicapped the contestants, making it impossible for them to win, no matter how bad the chaser is and in the first episode, he was quite bad. (40 words)
That is the dilemma now facing White & Co. Bad behavior by fighters has been shown to generate interest among the MMA cognoscente, but how bad is too bad for a sport trying to further infiltrate the mainstream? (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
It’s bad for the game, it’s bad for the NFL, it’s bad for players, it’s bad for coaches, it’s bad for referees, it’s bad for owners, it’s bad for fans.
This is bad for women, bad for business and bad for our economy.
This woman has been a bad fit for you as a friend—not necessarily a bad person (we don’t have to decide about that) but a bad fit—and not just for few days or weeks or months but for years.
If the only way to catch the bad guys (no matter how bad they are) is to weaken security for everyone then I say let the bad guys go uncaught.
I tried to point out that my bad days at the office were never going to be as bad as his bad days at the office, but he wouldn’t have it.
Jess Wade (Presley) is a bad guy who has broken good and wants to defend the people of a small Mexican town from his former dangerous and motley crew of ne'er-do-wells who have bad intentions — some seriously bad men.
As Detective Ralph Anderson discussed in that emergency session with his therapist, there are a lot of ways that people can be broken—bad parenting, bad genes, bad brain chemistry—to make them do horrible things.
I used to wonder why their driving is so bad, then I saw a video produced by some people who protest bad driving, and bad parking.
Muilenburg "is very bad for Boeing, he's very bad for the U.S., he's very bad for safety," said Nadia Milleron, who lost her daughter Samya Stumo in the second plane crash.
Sir Keir said that Brexit represented a choice that repeated government forecasts had found to be “bad for the economy, bad for the public finances and bad for the taxpayer”.
That is the dilemma now facing White & Co. Bad behavior by fighters has been shown to generate interest among the MMA cognoscente, but how bad is too bad for a sport trying to further infiltrate the mainstream?
The show in recent years has been buffeted by bad publicity, bad reviews and now bad numbers.
To sum this game up, it had: bad controls, a bad idea for a storyline, bad level design, it was unreasonably difficult, it lacked any incentive to continue playing or try it again.
If you have ever cared for a sick parent, or child, you might recognise the symptoms of increased stress: the bad sleep, bad moods, bad stomach.
Spreading bad routing information to your neighbors on the internet isn’t just bad manners, it could be bad for business.
This legislation is bad policy, bad politics, and bad precedent.
Strong Bad Email Strong Bad Emails (also known as "sbemails") are arguably the most popular and prolific series, featuring Strong Bad answering emails from fans.
Also, the addition of having to use the buzzers and the final chase, severely handicapped the contestants, making it impossible for them to win, no matter how bad the chaser is and in the first episode, he was quite bad.
Although Breaking Bad officially wrapped up in 2013, Bryan has since reprised his role in cameos for El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie and in the final season of Better Call Saul last year.
And if it becomes too inconvenient, expensive or unreliable to fly out of the jetport, they may keep on driving to another airport, which could be bad for the environment, and perhaps bad for Portland, and Maine, as well.
Phrases with bad
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with bad
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- bad for 47×
- the bad 28×
- and bad 26×
- is bad 20×
- it bad 14×
- bad bad 14×
- of bad 13×
- was bad 11×
- as bad 10×
- how bad 9×