"bad off" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: worse off [comparative], worst off [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj|worse off|sup=worst off}} bad off (comparative worse off, superlative worst off)
  1. Synonym of badly off Synonyms: badly off [synonym, synonym-of], poor, bad-off [alternative], badly off, badly-off
    Sense id: en-bad_off-en-adj-Q3a0v2MJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1975, Grover Maxwell, Robert Milford Anderson, Induction, Probability, and Confirmation, page 126",
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