Bad
Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.
Usage example: a bad first attempt at making meat loaf resulted in a soggy, inedible mess
Great
Great adjective - Of the very best kind.
Usage example: this cake is great!
Both words in one sentence
- Little is told of Jenkins' personal life beyond his encounters with the great and the bad, with events, such as his wife's miscarriage, only being related in conversation with the principal characters.
- If having one bad guy dual-wield was a great plan, why not have the next bad guy be a multi-armed cyborg with four of them?
Source: Serial Escalation / Film - Eric Bacon and Eric Ovens were bad at sports so everyone just assumed Eric Fry was bad at sports when he was actually great.
Source: Never Live It Down / Literature
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