Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badly off

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
bad-ly off
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

worse off (comparative) more badly off (comparative) worst off (superlative) most badly off (superlative) badly-off (alternative) bad off (alternative) bad-off (alternative)

Synonyms

poor

Antonyms

well off rich

Questions

What does badly off mean?
In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty.

How to pronounce badly off

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