Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

badly-off

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.43 in modern English

Syllables
bad-ly-off
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

worse-off (comparative) more badly-off (comparative) worst-off (superlative) most badly-off (superlative)

Questions

What does badly-off mean?
Alternative spelling of badly off.

How to pronounce badly-off

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