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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency;
- Example: "take the bad with the good"
[syn: bad, badness]

2. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather;
[syn: badness, severity, severeness]

3. an attribute of mischievous children;
[syn: naughtiness, mischievousness, badness]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Badness \Bad"ness\, n.
   The state of being bad.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

badness
    n 1: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics
         or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: bad,
         badness] [ant: good, goodness]
    2: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or
       weather [syn: badness, severity, severeness]
    3: an attribute of mischievous children [syn: naughtiness,
       mischievousness, badness]