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TOO BAD
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deserving regret
Example:
it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church
Synonyms:
regrettable; too bad
Classified under:
Similar:
unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)
Context examples:
“That is too bad!” cried he, and sprang up like a madman, and pushed his companion against the tree until it shook.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
Too bad, Pierrepoint.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
A perhaps uncalled-for gush of pity came over my heart: I was moved to say—I wish Diana or Mary would come and live with you: it is too bad that you should be quite alone; and you are recklessly rash about your own health.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
"And it is too bad. She is such a pretty girl."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
It was too bad to laugh at the poor little jelly pots.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
You have politics, of course; and it would be too bad to plague you with the names of people and parties that fill up my time.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
When Madge had said that it was too bad, he made another futile effort to go.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
He shook his head sadly, murmuring, “Too bad, too bad,” while the hunters burst into guffaws of laughter.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
"That was too bad," said Dorothy, "but really I think we were lucky in not doing these little people more harm than breaking a cow's leg and a church. They are all so brittle!"
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
It is infinitely too bad.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
