"worse off" meaning in English

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Adjective

Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} worse off
  1. comparative form of badly off: more badly off Tags: comparative, form-of Form of: badly off (extra: more badly off) Synonyms: worse-off
    Sense id: en-worse_off-en-adj-jX2hCF1W Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Alternative forms

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