badly off

Idioms and Phrases

see bad off .

Example Sentences

Ukraine is not as badly off as Olena Lupak fears, though it is understandable to feel that way in Kharkiv this month.

From BBC

"The alarmingly high rates of global deforestation remind us how badly off track we are in solving the climate and nature crises."

From BBC

His appearance in a familiar setting, St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, was calculated to restore a semblance of normalcy to a royal family that has been thrown badly off balance by multiple health crises this year.

From New York Times

The king’s appearance in a familiar setting, St. George’s Chapel on the grounds of Windsor Castle, was calculated to restore a semblance of normalcy to a royal family that has been thrown badly off balance by multiple health crises this year.

From New York Times

Washington called that a surveillance balloon, while China has insisted it was a weather-monitoring craft blown badly off course.

From Reuters

Related Words

• depressed
• deprived
• destitute
• disadvantaged
• impoverished
• indigent
• needy