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Definition: Too Bad |
Too BadAdjective1. Deserving regret; "regrettable remarks"; "it's regrettable that she didn't go to college"; "it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Too BadSynonym: regrettable (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disapprobation | Interjection: it is too bad! it won't do, it will never do! marry come up! Oh! come! 'sdeath! |
Disrepute | Shameful; disgraceful, discreditable, disreputable; despicable; questionable; unbecoming, unworthy; derogatory; degrading, humiliating, infra dignitatem, dedecorous; scandalous, infamous, too bad, unmentionable; ribald, opprobrious; errant, shocking, outrageous, notorious. |
Wrong | Adjective: wrong, wrongful; bad, too bad; unjust, unfair; inequitable, unequitable; unequal, partial, one-sided; injurious, tortious. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Too Bad |
| English words defined with "too bad": regrettable. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "too bad": data channel. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | 'Really, that's too bad, yeah. (Phenomenon; writing credit: Gerald Di Pego) It's too bad she won't live! (Blade Runner; writing credit: Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. Based on the novel 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' by Philip K. Dick.) Its too bad she won't live. (Blade Runner; writing credit: Philip K. Dick; Hampton Fancher) That's too bad, Bond. (The Living Daylights; writing credit: Richard Maibaum) Hey, it's too bad you disco queens got to be home so early. (Thank God It's Friday; writing credit: Armyan Bernstein) | |
Lyrics | It's so bad, it's too bad, it's stupid (Too Bad; performing artist: Nickelback) Than we did and it's kinda too bad because we could've had much more fun (Unsent; performing artist: Alanis Morissette) I'm so clean, too bad I can't get all the dirt off of me. (Falling For The First Time; performing artist: Barenaked Ladies) It ain't too bad the way you're using me (Use Me; performing artist: Bill Withers) Changed up her pace since her daddy left her too bad he never told her she (Youth Of The Nation; performing artist: P.O.D.) | |
Clever | Sign on a church bulletin board: You aren't too bad to come in. You aren't good enough to stay out. (references; author: unknown) | |
Song Titles | Too Bad (performing artist: Nickelback) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | The first fish a young boy had ever caught - an undersized red drum. Too bad it's too small to keep. Credit: Fisheries. | ![]() | Some of the laws were too bad. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Is too bad, no?. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Well if those fellows won't join -- it's just too bad!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Too bad all battles are not fought this way!. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Death on economy. U.S. "I suppose I must spend a little on life-saving service, life-boat stations, life-boats, surf-boats, etc.; but it is too bad to be obliged to waste so much money" / Th. Nast. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Kerry Drake. "Too bad, Hippo!". Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Abraham Lincoln | He said that he felt "like the boy that stumped his toe, -- 'it hurt too bad to laugh, and he was too big to cry.'" |
Doris Lessing | Man who is he? Too bad, to be the work of God: Too good for the work of chance! |
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Emma | Austen, Jane | It is infinitely too bad. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You are 52 years old and have not had a period in a year. That's good. You are still having some hot flashes, but generally they are not too bad. You wake up early too often, and that makes you tired during the day. What worries you is this your mother is 77. She just fell and broke her hip. Her doctor says she has osteoporosis. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
too bad | 64 |
too bad nickelback | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "too bad"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 糟糕 (bad, how terrible, terrible, what bad luck), 可惜 (it is a pity, what a pity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | to je smùla (hard luck), škoda (damage, detriment, harm, injury). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | det er en skam (alas, regrettably, that's too bad, unfortunately, what a pity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | jammer (alas, regrettably, that's too bad, unfortunately, what a pity), helaas (alas, oh dear, regrettably, that's too bad, unfortunately, what a pity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | domaĝe (that's too bad, what a pity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vahinko vain, että (it is too bad that, unfortunately), on vahinko, että (it is a pity that, it is too bad that). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | so was (that's too bad), pech (bad luck, hard lines, hard luck, ill luck, just my luck, misfortune, pitch, that's too bad, tough luck). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | τόσο το χειρότερο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Icelandic | það var synd (that's too bad, what a pity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 御"憎様 (that's too bad), いかなる 合でも (anumber of, bad, bitch, come, complication, crucial moment, difficulties, forbidden, in any case, innocent, lovable, many, must not do, no entry, not good, now, paltry, pathetic, piddling, pitiful, quarrel, reserved, servile, stubborn Kochi man, sweet, tangle, that's too bad, timid, to come, to grow timid, to orgasm, trouble, unable to be honest, well, whatever the case may be, wrong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | おあいにくさま (that's too bad, unfortunate person), いけませ" (forbidden, no entry, that's too bad). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | det var synd (alas, regrettably, that's too bad, unfortunately, what a pity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ootay adbay asta e prea-prea (it's really too bad). (various references) qué pena. (various references) så tråkigt (what a shame). (various references) дуже шкода. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-d-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: adobo, taboo. | |
-2 letters: boat, boot, bota, dato, doat, toad. | |
-3 letters: abo, ado, bad, bat, boa, bod, boo, bot, dab, dot, oat, oot, tab, tad, tao, tod, too. | |
-4 letters: ab, ad, at, ba, bo, do, od, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-d-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: tabooed. | |
+2 letters: boatload, datebook, foldboat, hardboot, outboard. | |
+3 letters: bandicoot, bloodbath, boatloads, cohobated, datebooks, foldboats, footboard, hardboots, obcordate, outboards. | |
+4 letters: bandicoots, barefooted, bloodbaths, bloodstain, botryoidal, bottomland, broadcloth, footboards, jackbooted, outboasted, roundabout, showboated, storyboard, tobogganed, troubadour. | |
+5 letters: automobiled, bloodstains, bloodstream, bottomlands, broadcloths, conglobated, isoantibody, mortarboard, motherboard, odontoblast, roundabouts, storyboards, troubadours. | |
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