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According to WordNet, the adjective "bad" has 14 sense(s).

301131803 characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad life".

301510444 very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm".

301174222 physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth".

302500050 not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible) debt".

301092572 not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a defective appliance".

301125429 having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice".

302345713 below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess player"; "a bad recital".

302274537 not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises".

301150475 feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he felt bad about breaking the vase".

301117226 reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged twenty dollar bill".

302298642 nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar".

301069283 (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food".

301160775 capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you".

300478311 feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless night".


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