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badly off

bad·ly off (comparative worse off, superlative worst off)


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. not having much money: short of money or having a lower than average income ( hyphenated when used before a noun )
badly-off families

2. lacking in: poorly or inadequately supplied with something
We're badly off for good singers at the moment.

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