Bad Weather

Definition: Bad Weather

Bad Weather

Noun

1. Weather unsuitable for outdoor activities.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Bad Weather

Crosswords: Bad Weather

Well, I imagine that we've run into some bad weather. (The Out-of-Towners; writing credit: Neil Simon)

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Bad weather approaching Palmer Station. 64 33 S Latitude 643 35 W Longitude. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Wright brothers rebuilding their glider in a wooden shed erected in July to serve as a workshop and to house the glider in bad weather, August, 1901; Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.

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It was owing to her persuasion, as she thought his being out in bad weather did him a great deal of harm

His room was quite large, and was difficult to warm in bad weather.

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Business

From 1960 to 1961, the combination of poor planning during the Great Leap Forward and bad weather resulted in famine. (references)

Economic History

Bolivia

On occasion bad weather, road blockages, port congestion and other factors can block these channels. (references)

Kenya

Two key sectors of Kenya's economy, agriculture and tourism, struggled in 1999 and 2000 because of bad weather and security problems. (references)

Nepal

The economy has responded to this program, but remains heavily dependent on rain-fed agriculture and, consequently, vulnerable to bad weather. (references)

Political Economy

Somalia

Insecurity and bad weather continued to affect the country's already extremely poor economic situation. (references)

Burma

Although bad weather and recurring drought have played a large role in the decline in opium cultivation, there is some evidence that government programs to reduce opium production through eradication and crop substitution are having effect. (references)

Travel

Ukraine

Due to very old air navigation equipment being operated by Ukrainian air traffic service, domestic flights are subject to prolonged delays, especially during bad weather. (references)

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Expression using "bad weather": to make bad weather. Additional references.

Albanian

kohë e keqe. (various references)

Blackfoot

onooksiksistsiko (to have bad weather). (various references)

Bulgarian 

лошо време (weather). (various references)

Czech

špatné poèasí. (various references)

Dutch

oogstverlies door de weersgesteldheid (harvest loss owing to bad weather). (various references)

Finnish

ruma ilma (nasty weather). (various references)

French

perte de récolte due aux intempéries (harvest loss owing to bad weather). (various references)

German

Schlechtwetterperioden (spells of bad weather). (various references)

Greek 

αντάρα (mayhem, mist). (various references)

Hungarian

rossz idõ (bed weather), rossz időjárás, rossz idő. (various references)

Italian

maltempo (thunderstorm), intemperie (rainstorm, storm). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

悪天候 , 悪天 . (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

あくて�"�"う, あくて�". (various references)

Manx

emshir ghonney, drogh-emshir. (various references)

Pig Latin

adbay eatherway.(various references)

Portuguese

tempo ruim. (various references)

Russian 

ненастье. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

loše vreme. (various references)

Spanish

mal tiempo, intemperie (bleakness, open-air, outdoor, rough weather). (various references)

Swedish

dåligt väder. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: headwater.

-2 letters: aweather, barehead, breathed, waterbed, wheatear, wreathed.

-3 letters: aerated, awardee, berated, berthed, bewared, breadth, breathe, debater, dewater, earthed, hearted, hetaera, rebated, tabered, tarweed, teaware, thrawed, warhead, watered, weather, whereat, wrathed, wreathe.

-4 letters: abated, abater, abrade, adhere, aerate, aether, bathed, bather, beater, behead, berate, bertha, beware, breath, brewed, dearth, debate, derate, drawee, hatred, header.

-5 letters: aahed.

+2 letters: weatherboard.

+3 letters: weatherboards.

+4 letters: weatherboarded.

+5 letters: weatherboarding.