English

Alternative forms

• (alternative spelling) badly-off
• bad off, bad-off

Adjective

badly off ‎(comparative worse off or more badly off, superlative worst off or most badly off)

1. In unfortunate circumstances, especially having financial difficulty.
   • 1945 May, George Orwell, chapter 6, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     The animals were not badly off throughout that summer, in spite of the hardness of their work.

Translations

Synonyms

• poor

Antonyms

• well off
• rich