badness

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
  2. noun used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
  3. noun an attribute of mischievous children

Etymology

From Middle English baddenes, badnes, badnesse; equivalent to bad + -ness.

In classic literature

Synonyms

bad

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