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badly off (worse off comparative) (worst off superlative )
in AM, also use bad off

1 adj If you are badly off, you are in a bad situation.
The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off.

2 adj If you are badly off, you do not have much money.
It is outrageous that people doing well-paid jobs should moan about how badly off they are.

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