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Bad

Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; the opposite of good; as a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.

Sometimes used substantively. The strong antipathy of good to bad. (Pope)

Synonym: pernicious, deleterious, noxious, baneful, injurious, hurtful, evil, vile, wretched, corrupt, wicked, vicious, imperfect.

Origin: probably fr. as. Baeddel hermaphrodite; cf. Baedling effeminate fellow.


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by alextemplet
Sun May 31, 2009 10:36 pm
 
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Topic: Any SOLID arguments against evolution?
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by AstusAleator
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by stopherlogic
Mon May 18, 2009 8:58 am
 
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