too bad

idiom

1

—used to show that one is sorry or feels bad about something

It's too bad that John and Mary are getting divorced.

2

—used in an ironic way to show that one is not sorry or does not feel bad about something

"But I need your help!" "(That's just) Too bad."

Examples of too bad in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Suddenly, the once-egregious price doesn’t sound too bad. —Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Rutledge makes some fair points, but too bad they’re tainted by an insatiable greed. —Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025

Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad. —Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025

If true, good for those outside government in possession of digital wallets, and too bad for those outside government with digital wallets assuming the coins collapse. —John Tamny, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for too bad

• comrade
• dryad
• dyad
• forbad
• grandad
• granddad
• keypad
• nomad
• notepad
• postgrad
• sinbad
• tetrad