badness (n.)

  1. that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or decency; take the bad with the good

    [ Syn: bad , bad ]

  2. used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or weather

    [ Syn: severity , severeness ]

  3. an attribute of mischievous children

    [ Syn: naughtiness , mischievousness ]

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