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Bad

/bad/
Not good or of poor quality

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Examples:

That movie was really bad.I feel bad about what happened.

Etymology:

etymology
The word bad originated in Old English as bǣddel, meaning hermaphrodite or effeminate. It evolved to Middle English badde, shifting to denote something not good, unfavorable, or wrong by the 13th century.

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