badness

pronunciation

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  • Noun:
    that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency
    used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather
    an attribute of mischievous children

Word Origin

badness (n.)
late 14c., baddenesse; see bad + -ness.

Antonym

Example

1. And let in the badness you claimed as your friend .
2. For badness sake , you can hash all this out in prison .
3. It would needlessly bring badness into the world .
4. Is this how you repay my goodness with badness ?
5. Prison provides proof of badness .

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