bad vs good

Definitions

adjective

1. not capable of being collected
2. having undesirable or negative qualities
3. not working properly
4. capable of harming
5. not financially safe or secure

adverb

1. very much; strongly
2. with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for `badly')

noun

1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency

Examples

It's not bad but neither is it brilliant - which won't bother 99 per cent of buyers one jot as they are in it for the image.

I bought a dozen eggs and every one of them was bad.

Shah went forth with her for a distance of three parasangs; after which he bade farewell to her and the Wazir and those with him, and returned to his home in gladness and safety.

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Definitions

noun

1. that which is pleasing or valuable or useful
2. benefit
3. articles of commerce
4. moral excellence or admirableness

adverb

1. completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly')
2. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well')

adjective

1. not left to spoil
2. of moral excellence
3. having the normally expected amount
4. having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified
5. generally admired

Examples

It's good to have a cry sometimes.

Blackpool Scorpions notched their first away win of the season against a good attacking Leigh team.

This is not good for anybody, except for a few curmudgeons and people who are embittered by nothing more than their own embitteredness.

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