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Definition of badness in English: badnessnoun ˈbadnəsˈbædnəs mass noun1Poor quality or low standard. none of you are doing justice to the badness of this film the badness of the writing is astonishing Example sentencesExamples - No one likes the elevator music, but they must endure the sheer bland badness being piped into their ears.
- We gave the two of them some wine, asking their opinion as to the condition, quality, goodness, or badness of the wine.
- Right from the start the movie is a cornucopia of badness.
- Brown is less unsettled by the badness of her verse than by the popularity of her bad verse.
- Only one slice toasts at a time, which is pure badness in my book.
- Finally, the sheer force of the karaoke's badness knocked me backwards out the rear door.
- The mail had not yet reached us, owing most probably to the badness of the roads.
- Horrified at being served bass of the wrong flavor, he loudly complained of the badness of the fish.
- Research into the causes of its badness revealed that the recipe called for a fourth of a teaspoon of salt in the filling.
- Perhaps a critic who sat at the drive-in in the '60s could walk down memory lane with you and revel in the supreme badness of these films.
2Lack of or failure to conform to moral virtue; wickedness; evil. she is not doing this out of badness the concepts of goodness and badness Example sentencesExamples - They all featured a strong, silent, bad-good man whose badness metamorphoses into redemptive goodness by the end of the final reel.
- An implicit appeal to eugenics persuades the reader that the innate badness of the suicidal killer can be known just by looking.
- The new order of movie bad guys proved their badness by shooting lawmen in the back.
- People of higher power have always set penalties depending on the degree of badness of the crime.
- I'm sorry for all the badness I ever did.
- There is never a desire to blame all the badness on spirits or demons.
- Injustice is a special kind of badness, one that necessarily involves wrongdoing.
- Instead of a sentence that emphasizes the badness of the offender, they aim to discover, and then reinforce, a sense of worth in their students.
- Should we accept that corporate bosses do bad things not because of the badness of their hearts but because they are obliged to?
- Goodness must be praised in sonnets and lyrical monologues, pointing out that should evil prevail, badness will happen.
Definition of badness in US English: badnessnounˈbadnəsˈbædnəs 1Poor quality or low standard. none of you are doing justice to the badness of this film the badness of the writing is astonishing Example sentencesExamples - Brown is less unsettled by the badness of her verse than by the popularity of her bad verse.
- Horrified at being served bass of the wrong flavor, he loudly complained of the badness of the fish.
- Finally, the sheer force of the karaoke's badness knocked me backwards out the rear door.
- Research into the causes of its badness revealed that the recipe called for a fourth of a teaspoon of salt in the filling.
- We gave the two of them some wine, asking their opinion as to the condition, quality, goodness, or badness of the wine.
- Perhaps a critic who sat at the drive-in in the '60s could walk down memory lane with you and revel in the supreme badness of these films.
- The mail had not yet reached us, owing most probably to the badness of the roads.
- Only one slice toasts at a time, which is pure badness in my book.
- Right from the start the movie is a cornucopia of badness.
- No one likes the elevator music, but they must endure the sheer bland badness being piped into their ears.
2Lack of or failure to conform to moral virtue; wickedness; evil. she is not doing this out of badness the concepts of goodness and badness Example sentencesExamples - Goodness must be praised in sonnets and lyrical monologues, pointing out that should evil prevail, badness will happen.
- Injustice is a special kind of badness, one that necessarily involves wrongdoing.
- People of higher power have always set penalties depending on the degree of badness of the crime.
- Instead of a sentence that emphasizes the badness of the offender, they aim to discover, and then reinforce, a sense of worth in their students.
- I'm sorry for all the badness I ever did.
- An implicit appeal to eugenics persuades the reader that the innate badness of the suicidal killer can be known just by looking.
- The new order of movie bad guys proved their badness by shooting lawmen in the back.
- There is never a desire to blame all the badness on spirits or demons.
- They all featured a strong, silent, bad-good man whose badness metamorphoses into redemptive goodness by the end of the final reel.
- Should we accept that corporate bosses do bad things not because of the badness of their hearts but because they are obliged to?
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