Bad and Okay

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Bad adjective - Falling short of a standard.

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Okay is an antonym for bad.

Nearby Words: badly, badness

Okay adjective - Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.

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Bad is an antonym for okay in acceptable topic.

Nearby Words: okayed, okaying

I have good news and bad news." "Give me the bad news first, okay?

Source: Good News, Bad News
They're all okay with bad guys being killed, it's just easier to accept them as the heroes if they don't to it themselves.

Source: Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work
Hobo with a Shotgun: Yeah okay, they're not really the bad guys, but very, very few of them aren't corrupt.

Source: The Bad Guys Are Cops

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