Legal Definition and Related Resources of Bad

Defective, faulty, inferior or imperfect . See Kniffley v .Reid, 152 S. W.2d 615, 287 Ky. 212. Not good in any manner or degree, vicious , wicked, unpleasant, disagreeable. Irrecoverable, as in bad debt; defective, as in bad title .

(Inferior), adjective

• adultered
• base
• decaying
• defective
• degenerative
• degraded
• deleterious
• deplorable
• deteriorated
• detrimental
• dreadful
• faulty
• foul
• fulsome
• imperfect
• impure
• injurious
• malignant
• mains
• noxious
• objectionable
• ruined
• undesirable
• unfit
• unsound
• unsuitable
• Associated Concepts: bad bargain
• bad check
• bad title

(Offensive), adjective

• abhorrent
• abominable
• accusable
• amoral
• arrant
• atrocious
• baleful
• baneful
• base
• contemptible
• corrupt
• cruel
• debauched
• degenerate
• degraded
• demoralized
• deplorable
• depraved
• derogatory
• despicable
• destructive
• detrimental
• diabolic
• dire
• disastrous
• disgraced
• disgusting
• dishonorable
• disreputable
• evil
• execrable
• flagitious
• flagrant
• fulsome
• heinous
• ignoble
• immoral
• improbus
• improper
• indecent
• infamous
• iniquitous
• injurious
• insidious
• loathsome
• maleficent
• malevolent
• malific
• malus
• miscreant
• monstrous
• nasty
• nefarious
• nequam
• nocuous
• objectionable
• obnoxious
• odious
• offensive
• onerous
• oppressive
• opprobrious
• peccant
• perfidious
• pernicious
• reprehensible
• reprobate
• repugnant
• repulsive
• retrogressive
• ruined
• ruinous
• scandalous
• sinful
• sinister
• treacherous
• troublous
• turpitudinous
• undesirable
• unfit
• unsuitable
• unvirtuous
• venal
• vicious
• vile
• virtueless
• wicked Associated Concepts: bad behavior
• bad character
• bad faith
• bad influence
• bad motive
• bad reputation
• bad reputation
• bad repute
• foreign phrases: In facto quod se habet ad bonum et malum
• magis de bono quam de malo lex intendit
• In an act or deed which may be considered as both good and bad
• the law directs its attention more to the good than the bad
• sinister
• treacherous
• troublous
• turpitudinous
• undesirable
• unfit
• unsuitable
• unvirtuous
• venal
• vicious
• vile
• villainous
• virtueless
• wicked Associated Concepts: bad behavior
• bad character
• bad faith
• bad influence
• bad motive
• bad reputation
• bad repute
• foreign phrases: In facto quod se habet ad bonum et malum
• magis de bono quam de malo lex intendit
• In an act or deed which may be considered as both good and bad
• the law directs its attention more to the good than the bad

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What does Bad mean in American Law?

The definition of Bad in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

The opposite of good, i.e., a general pejorative evincing disapproval of whatever is so labelled, e.g., bad debt, bad moral character. In modern slang, however, bad can be used to mean good in the sense of powerful and dangerous, as in “bad machine” (for a monstrous motorcycle) or (used of a person) “He”s real bad.”