good vs bad

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

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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.

Before we did anything we wrote and rewrote the script until we felt what we had got written down was a really good story.

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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

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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.

It got so bad that 12 patrolmen and two police dogs were kept on duty outside the home for several days.

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