{
    "term": "bad",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "unpleasant; full of problems",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have some **bad news** for you, I'm afraid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "bad weather/dreams/habits"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm having a really bad day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was the worst experience of her life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bad breath may be helped by regularly using mouthwash."
                },
                {
                    "text": "War is always a **bad thing**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That was just **bad luck**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things are **bad enough** without our own guns shelling us."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The picnic was cancelled due to bad weather."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The weather got very bad later in the day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "On the last day the weather turned bad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'd rather not drive in such bad conditions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid I've got some bad news."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sunbeds have received a lot of bad publicity in recent years. Are they safe?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The situation couldn't get any worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Things were bad enough without her interfering."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her husband had many bad habits, including gambling."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Weather"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"],
                "phrases": ["not half bad"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "of poor quality; below an acceptable standard",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I thought it was a very bad article."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Bad diet and lack of exercise can lead to serious health problems."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The movie wasn't as bad as I'd expected."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That's not a bad idea."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The service was laughably bad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I blame it on your bad driving."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inspectors are looking into the problem of bad prison conditions."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"],
                "phrases": ["not half bad"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "serious; severe",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're heading for a bad case of sunburn."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The engagement was a bad mistake."
                },
                {
                    "text": "My headache is getting worse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was a very bad winter that year."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not appropriate in a particular situation",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I know that this is a bad time to ask for help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He now realized that it had been a bad decision on his part."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "morally unacceptable",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The hero gets to shoot all the bad guys."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He said I must have done something bad to deserve it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I will not tolerate this bad behaviour."
                },
                {
                    "text": "That girl's a bad influence on Tom."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "not behaving well",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Have you been a bad boy?"
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "naughty"
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "not able to do something well or in an acceptable way",
            "sensetop": "bad at (doing) something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a bad teacher"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You're a bad liar!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's a bad loser *(= he complains when he loses a game)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is so bad at keeping secrets.",
                    "contextForm": "bad at (doing) something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He is particularly bad at remembering names."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's really bad at languages."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Jim was a notoriously bad driver."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I would be a really bad teacher—I've no patience."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "poor",
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"],
                "phrases": ["not half bad"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "harmful; causing or likely to cause damage",
            "sensetop": "bad for somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Those shoes are bad for her feet."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Weather like this is bad for business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Too much work is bad for your health."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Smoking is very bad for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Watching television is not inherently bad for children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "All those sugary drinks are bad for your teeth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Eating too much salt is bad for you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's bad for you to eat too much salt."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "not healthy; painful",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I've got a bad back."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "not safe to eat because it has decayed (= started to be destroyed by natural processes)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Put the meat in the fridge so it doesn't **go bad**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sausages tasted bad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This meat has gone bad."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a smell of bad eggs."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "smell"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "the state of feeling annoyed or angry",
            "sensetop": "bad temper/mood",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "John's in a pretty bad mood this morning."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "to feel guilty or sorry about something",
            "sensetop": "feel bad",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She felt pretty bad about leaving him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Why should I want to make you feel bad?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I feel bad enough without you constantly telling me how it was all my fault!"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["feel"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["about"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "to feel or look ill",
            "sensetop": "feel/look bad",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm afraid I'm feeling pretty bad."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 14,
            "definition": "good; excellent",
            "labels": "(especially North American English, slang)",
            "examples": [],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "look", "sound"],
                "adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
                "preposition": ["at", "for"],
                "phrases": ["not half bad"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to try to persuade somebody to agree that something is good",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You'll save fifty dollars, which can't be bad, can it?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Opinion and argument"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be very much in love",
            "labels": "(informal, humorous)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're not seeing him again tonight, are you? That's five times this week—you've got it bad!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "quite good; better than you expected",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘How are you?’ ‘Not too bad.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "That wasn't bad for a first attempt."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to say ‘bad luck’ or ‘it’s a shame’ when you do not really mean it",
            "labels": "(ironic)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "If sometimes they're the wrong decisions, too bad."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a shame; a pity",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Too bad every day can't be as good as this."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "annoying",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Really, it was too bad of you to be so late."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæd/",
                "audio": "ba/bad/bad__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːs/",
                "audio": "wo/bad/worse__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːst/",
                "audio": "wo/bad/worst__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bæd/",
                "audio": "ba/bad/bad__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːrs/",
                "audio": "wo/bad/worse__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/wɜːrst/",
                "audio": "wo/bad/worst__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: perhaps from Old English bǣddel ‘hermaphrodite, womanish man’."
}