Bad and Known

Bad

Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

Known and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Known" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Known

Known adjective - Apprehended with certainty.

Bad and known are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective "Known".

Nearby Words: know, knowing

Both words in one sentence

  • Dancing Bear The Subspace Emissary's Worlds Conquest isn't known for being particularly good or particularly bad — rather, it is best known for being flabbergastingly long.
    Source: Dancing Bear
  • Good Witch Versus Bad Witch In the Dragaera series, while practicing magic is not in itself good or bad, there is a group known as the Left Hand of the Jhereg who are primarily female and fit evil witch stereotypes.
  • Bad Girl Song Ere my verses I conclude I'd like it known and understood Though free as air, I'm never rude I'm not too bad and not too good!
    Source: Bad Girl Song
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