( worse off, worst off)
Note: in AM, also use 'bad off'
1.
If you are badly off , you are in a bad situation.
The average working week in Japan is 42.3 hours, compared with 41.6 in the UK, so they are not too badly off.
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2.
If you are badly off , you do not have much money.
It is outrageous that people doing well-paid jobs should moan about how badly off they are.
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