Bad and Not nice

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Not nice and bad are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Not nice" instead an adjective "Bad".

Nearby Words: badly, badness

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Bad and not nice are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bad" instead an adjective phrase "Not nice".

If a character's "good" use for their bad powers is that they only use them against villains, then it counts as Good Is Not Nice or even Pay Evil unto Evil (depending on the nature of the Bad Powers).

Source: Bad Powers, Good People
In Mortal Kombat X, Takahashi Takeda is on the good guys' side, but he's clearly an example of Good Is Not Nice, and he gets really mean if anybody, even his own father says something bad about his now-deceased mother.

Source: Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas
Good Is Not Nice: While Kaiba is technically one of the good guys in the movie, just about every bad thing that happens is (both directly and indirectly) his fault.

Source: Anime / Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light

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