BAD vs MEAN: NOUN
- That which is bad. A bad condition: as, to go to the bad (see below). A bad thing: as, there are bads and goods among them.
- Preterit of bid.
- That which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
- Great wealth.
- Money, property, or other wealth.
- A method, a course of action, or an instrument by which an act can be accomplished or an end achieved.
- The middle term in a syllogism.
- The average value of a set of numbers.
- A number that typifies a set of numbers, such as a geometric mean or an arithmetic mean.
- Something having a position, quality, or condition midway between extremes; a medium.
- An average of n numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function of n
BAD vs MEAN: ADJECTIVE
- Malodorous, foul.
- Spoiled, rotten, overripe.
- Faulty; not functional.
- Evil; wicked.
- Tricky; stressful; unpleasant.
- Not suitable or fitting.
- Seemingly non-appropriate, in manners, etc.
- Not good; unfavorable; negative.
- This sense?) (slang) Fantastic.
- Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good.
- Very good; great.
- Sorry; regretful.
- Being in poor condition; diseased.
- Being in poor health or in pain.
- Severe; intense.
- Being so far behind in repayment as to be considered a loss.
- Having no validity; void.
- Full of or exhibiting faults or errors.
- Not working properly; defective.
- Injurious in effect; detrimental.
- Not fresh; rotten or spoiled.
- Unfavorable.
- Disagreeable, unpleasant, or disturbing.
- Disobedient or naughty.
- Vulgar or obscene.
- Immoral or evil.
- Not achieving an adequate standard; poor.
- Physically unsound or diseased
- Capable of harming
- Keenly sorry or regretful
- Characterized by wickedness or immorality
- Having undesirable or negative qualities
- Reproduced fraudulently
- Not working properly
- (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
- Feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
- Not capable of being collected
- Below average in quality or performance
- Nonstandard
- Not financially safe or secure
- Very intense
- Excellent; skillful.
- Hard to cope with; difficult or troublesome.
- Common or poor in appearance; shabby.
- Low in value, rank, or social status.
- Miserly; stingy.
- Ignoble; base: : base.
- Extremely unpleasant or disagreeable.
- Tending toward or characterized by cruelty or violence.
- Expressing spite or malice.
- Cruel, spiteful, or malicious.
- Lacking in kindness; unkind.
- Intermediate in size, extent, quality, time, or degree; medium.
- Occupying a middle or intermediate position between two extremes.
- Used of sums of money; so small in amount as to deserve contempt
- Marked by poverty befitting a beggar
- Having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality
- Characterized by malice
- Used of persons or behavior; characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity
- Excellent
BAD vs MEAN: VERB
- To shell (a walnut).
- Alternative past tense of bid. See bade.
- Intend to refer to
- Have as a logical consequence
- Have in mind as a purpose
- Mean or intend to express or convey
- Denote or connote
- Destine or designate for a certain purpose
- Have a specified degree of importance
BAD vs MEAN: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To have intentions of a specified kind; be disposed.
- To have the importance or value of.
- To have as a consequence; bring about.
- To design, intend, or destine for a certain purpose or end.
- To have as a purpose or an intention; intend.
- To intend to convey or indicate.
- To act as a symbol of; signify or represent.
- To be used to convey; denote.
BAD vs MEAN: ADVERB
- Badly.
- With great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')
- Very much; strongly
- N/A
BAD vs MEAN: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Strongly
- Very much
- Feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
- Serious or severe
- [Bad is the ordinary antithesis of good, in all its senses, whether positively, ‘evil,’ ‘harmful,’ or negatively, ‘not good,’ ‘not satisfactory,’ and whether substantively, ‘being evil,’ or causally, ‘causing harm.’ The senses run into one another, the precise application being determined by the context.]
- Unfavorable; unfortunate: as, bad news; bad success.
- Not valid; not sound: as, a bad claim; a bad plea.
- Incorrect; faulty: as, a bad aim; bad English; a bad pronunciation.
- Not good; defective; worthless; poor; of no value: as, bad coin; bad debts; a bad soil; a bad crop; a bad piece of work; bad health.
- Ill; in ill health; sick; in unsound condition: as, to feel bad; to be bad with rheumatism; a bad hand or leg.
- Hurtful; noxious; having an injurious or unfavorable tendency or effect: with for: as, bad air or bad food; late hours are bad for the health; this step would be bad for your reputation or prospects.
- Offensive; disagreeable; troublesome; painful; grievous: as, bad treatment; a bad temper; it is too bad that you had to wait so long.
- Evil; ill; vicious; wicked; depraved: applied to persons, conduct, character, influence, etc.: as, a bad man; bad conduct; a bad life; a bad heart; bad influence, etc.
- (idiom) (that's too bad) Used in response to a protest or complaint to express insistence that the speaker's expectation be met.
- (idiom) (that's too bad) Used to express sadness or sympathy.
- (idiom) (half/so) Reasonably good.
- (idiom) (my bad) Used to acknowledge that one is at fault.
- (idiom) (in bad) In trouble or disfavor.
- (imperative) Bade.
- Of no value or worth
- Approximating the statistical norm or average or expected value
- Niggardly; penurious; miserly; stingy.—
- Without dignity of mind; destitute of honor; low-minded; spiritless; base.
- Characteristic of or commonly pertaining to persons or things of low degree; common; inferior; poor; shabby: as, a mean appearance; mean dress.
- Of a common or low origin, grade, quality, etc.; common; humble: as, a man of mean parentage; mean birth or origin; a mean abode.
- Common; general.
- To speak; talk.
- To have thought or ideas; have meaning.
- To be minded or disposed; have intentions of some kind: usually joined with an adverb: as, he means well.
- To mention; tell; express.
- To signify, or be intended to signify; indicate; import; denote.
- To have in mind, view, or contemplation; intend; hence, to purpose or design.
- (idiom) (mean business) To be in earnest.
- (idiom) (by no means) In no sense; certainly not.
- (idiom) (by means of) With the use of; owing to.
- (idiom) (by any means) In any way possible; to any extent.
- (idiom) (by all means) Without fail; certainly.
BAD vs MEAN: RELATED WORDS
- Sad, Wicked, Negative, Mediocre, Tough, Shitty, Atrocious, Rotten, Poor, Crappy, Dreadful, Awful, Horrid, Lousy, Terrible
- Stand for, Meanspirited, Beggarly, Nasty, Average, Think of, Intend, Little, Mingy, Normal, Awful, Think, Signify, Entail, Imply
BAD vs MEAN: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Sad, Wicked, Negative, Mediocre, Tough, Shitty, Atrocious, Rotten, Poor, Crappy, Dreadful, Awful, Horrid, Lousy, Terrible
- Poor, Skilled, Stand for, Meanspirited, Beggarly, Nasty, Average, Think of, Intend, Little, Mingy, Normal, Awful, Think, Imply
BAD vs MEAN: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Office Bad Check Restitution Program to assist local merchants with bad check losses.
- Goto is not bad, its how people use them that can be bad.
- These few bad actors are going to give us a bad name.
- Unbelievably bad service and bad faith demonstrated over a fraudulent charge.
- OK to put pictures on your resume is BAD, very bad.
- My view is that bad managers create bad employees.
- City Furniture for bad service, bad furniture, bad attention.
- It is bad for the user experience, bad for SEO, and bad for developers who have to maintain pages.
- Mere negligence or bad judgment is insufficient for a finding of bad faith, at least under the bad faith statute.
- Bad things happen in every society, and bad people often get away with doing bad things.
- Specifically, a test statistic tells us how far, or how many standard deviations, a sample mean is from the population mean.
- Figures of speech are simply words or combinations of words used to mean something different from what they usually mean.
- Choosing the right type for a particular data set could mean retention of meaning, and, it could mean an increase in efficiency or security.
- Longer terms generally mean lower payments, but they also mean it will take longer to build equity in your home.
- The posttest mean was significantly greater than the pretest mean.
- And I mean that broadly, but also I mean it academically.
- Bottom of my fn what does mean on target receipt on those letters mean?
- Or rather which of the many things that they could mean, do they mean?
- The mean satisfaction is close to the mean assessment of relations with superiors.
- So solitude can mean introspection, it can mean the concentration of focused work, and it can mean sustained reading.
BAD vs MEAN: QUESTIONS
- Was target hiding bad news from vulnerable customers?
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- Does overthinking prevent bad things from happening?
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