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What is another word for the worse for?

Pronunciation: [ðə wˈɜːs fɔː] (IPA)

The phrase "the worse for" is typically used to indicate that something or someone is in a state of decline or poor condition. Some synonyms for this phrase include "deteriorating," "ailing," "ailing badly," "degenerate," "decadent," "ruined," and "dysfunctional." These synonyms all carry a negative connotation and imply that the subject in question is experiencing a negative change or decline. Whether talking about health, an object, or a situation, the use of these synonyms can help to paint a clear picture of the severity of the situation and the need for action or intervention to improve it.
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A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

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  • A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you.
    Henri Matisse
  • We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
    Terence
  • We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
    Terence
  • The law that entropy always increases, holds, I think, the supreme position among the laws of Nature. If someone points out to you that your pet theory of the universe is in disagreement with Maxwell's equations — then so much the worse for Maxwell's equations. If it is found to be contradicted by observation — well, these experimentalists do bungle things sometimes. But if your theory is found to be against the second law of thermodynamics I can give you no hope; there is nothing for it but to collapse in deepest humiliation.
    Arthur Eddington
  • The dreadful beast must be exterminated, the country-side must be freed from this pest, this terror, this destroying scourge. The fact that not even a hen roost was the worse for the dragon's arrival wasn't allowed to have anything to do with it. He was a dragon, and he couldn't deny it, and if he didn't choose to behave as such that was his own lookout.
    Kenneth Grahame

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