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Definition of Too bad
1. Adjective. Deserving regret. "It's too bad he had no feeling himself for church"
Definition of Too bad
1. Phrase. (idiomatic) That's a pity; that's unfortunate. ¹
2. Phrase. (idiomatic) It is unfortunate that. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Too Bad
Literary usage of Too bad
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1908)
"... singing, dancing, dressing- чр in men« clothes were too bad to be described,
so that we did not think it suitable to admit young persons with us. ..."
2. Miscellanies by William Makepeace Thackeray (1877)
"It was really rather too bad to think that Miss'Morgiana, after going to one
lover to have her hair dressed, should go with another to the play ; but such ..."
3. The Great Illusion: A Study of the Relation of Military Power in Nations to by Norman Angell (1911)
"... pugnacity, the inherent hostility of nations —Nations too good to fight; also
too bad—Desire for mere material comfort not the main motive in many human ..."
4. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"... insomuch as on Easter- day last she had so few dishes, and so bad meat in
them, as it was too bad to see it, and that she finding fault thereat, ..."
5. Biographical Sketch of Linton Stephens, (late Associate Justice of the by James D. Waddell (1877)
"... I believe I should not argue it but for one consideration : it would be too
bad a thing for the court to allow one man to gain all his cases, ..."
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