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the bad

noun

: the unpleasant things that happen to people
You have to take the good with the bad.

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Friday's injury report further added to the bad news on the offensive line. Reice Shipley, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025 Featuring the good, the bad and the ugly, ‘Look of the Week’ is a regular series dedicated to unpacking the most talked about outfit of the last seven days. Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 5 Dec. 2025 Jess Mariano, the bad-boy nephew of Luke Danes (Scott Patterson), drops into Stars Hollow in season 2 to upend Rory and Dean’s relationship and harass the townspeople to near insanity. Justin Kirkland, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Nov. 2025 And then just unfortunately started getting into drugs and stuff like that, and just the bad crowd. Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 27 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the bad

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“The bad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20bad. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.

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