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Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misguidedly, that nothing can be too bad if such beauty and brilliance exists in the world.
Jane Asher

Meaning of "too bad" in the English dictionary

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WHAT DOES TOO BAD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Too Bad

"Too Bad" is a single by the Canadian rock band Nickelback, the second one from their 2001 album, Silver Side Up. The single was released in late 2001. It peaked at #42 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and #1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TOO BAD

too
too big for one´s boots
too big for one´s breeches
too close to call
too much information
too right
too right!
toodle-oo
toodle-pip
took
Tooke
tool
tool box
tool kit
tool maker
tool making
tool post
tool pusher
tool shed
tool steel

WORDS THAT END LIKE TOO BAD

Ahmedabad
Allahabad
Ashkhabad
bad
Carlsbad
Faisalabad
Faridabad
feel-bad
go bad
have got it bad
Hyderabad
Islamabad
Moradabad
my bad
not bad
not half bad
Secunderabad
Sinbad
superbad
zindabad

Synonyms and antonyms of too bad in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «TOO BAD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «too bad» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of too bad

Translation of «too bad» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TOO BAD

Find out the translation of too bad to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of too bad from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «too bad» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

太糟糕了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

demasiado
570 millions of speakers

English

too bad
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बहुत बुरा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سيئة للغاية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

очень жаль
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

muito ruim
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খুব খারাপ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dommage
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Malangnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zu schlecht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

残念な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

너무 나쁘다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Banget ala
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

quá xấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மிகவும் மோசமானது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खूप वाईट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

çok kötü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

peccato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

szkoda
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дуже шкода
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prea rău
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Κρίμα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

te sleg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

synd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

så ille
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of too bad

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TOO BAD»

The term «too bad» is very widely used and occupies the 13.059 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TOO BAD» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about too bad

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10 QUOTES WITH «TOO BAD»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word too bad.
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Corazon Aquino
I've reached a point in life where it's no longer necessary to try to impress. If they like me the way I am, that's good. If they don't, that's too bad.
2
Jane Asher
Listening to my regular favourites - Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms and so on - I always feel, quite misguidedly, that nothing can be too bad if such beauty and brilliance exists in the world.
3
John Barth
If you are a novelist of a certain type of temperament, then what you really want to do is re-invent the world. God wasn't too bad a novelist, except he was a Realist.
4
Julie Bowen
It's a war of attrition. If you have patience and a modicum of faith in yourself your chances are not too bad.
5
Jim Brown
It's too bad about 'Dark of the Sun.' It was really about Tshombe. When I read the script, I thought it was going to be a political movie, and I thought we might even have a hassle. But the director simplified it to brutality and bad taste.
6
Carol Burnett
It costs a lot to sue a magazine, and it's too bad that we don't have a system where the losing team has to pay the winning team's lawyers.
7
George Burns
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
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George Burns
Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.
9
Lynda Carter
I'm an adventurer and I enjoy all types of things, and eating is a part of that. It's just too bad we have to watch what we eat.
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Enrico Caruso
It is too bad that the public expects from me, always, perfection which it is impossible for me always to attain. I am not a machine. I am a human being.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TOO BAD»

Discover the use of too bad in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to too bad and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Too Good to Leave, Too Bad to Stay: A Step-by-Step Guide to ...
Mira Kirshenbaum (I Love You, But I Don't Trust You), an international bestselling author and world-renowned therapist, draws on years of counseling experience to lead readers through relationship ambivalence.
Mira Kirshenbaum, 1997
2
Women Have All The Power...Too Bad They Don't Know It: ...
Michael J. Lockwood knows that when it comes to relationships, women really have the control. It's the man's game not to let them know it. This empowering book is a wake-up call for women.
Michael J. Lockwood, 2010
3
The Too-Bad-It's-Your-Birthday Book: Tender Thoughts to Put ...
Illustrated with black-and-white photographs, the book's edgy humor needles everyone who's suffered the slings and arrows of one too many birthdays: Your friends got together to light your birthday candles. Oops, not enough friends.
Jim Dale, 2013
4
Too old, too sick, too bad: nursing homes in America
Looks at the major problems faced by nursing homes as well as the abuses perpetrated within the homes and offers suggestions for reform and strategies for effective nursing-home administration
Frank E. Moss, Val J. Halamandaris, 1977
5
Too bad about the Haines girl
When Melinda, a high school senior, discovers she is pregnant her well-ordered world seems to tumble around her, and only her loving family remains the same
Zoa Sherburne, 1967
6
Too Bad, Ahab: Naboth's Vineyard
Retells the Biblical story of King Ahab and Queen Jezebel's efforts to obtain Naboth's vineyard.
Marilyn Lashbrook, 1998
7
Johnny Too Bad: Stories
In a collection of short works by the author of Louisiana Power & Light, a romantic-minded woman must choose between a marriage of convenience and an affair, four brothers pretend to search for a nonexistent foster home, and an unfaithful ...
John Dufresne, 2006
8
Too Bad: Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait
Sketches Toward a Self-Portrait Robert Kroetsch. The Unnameable He called his thing his thing. What a thing to call your thing. Thing, in a way, is nothing. He called his dork his dork. Too bad it rhymes with cork. He was, himself, a dork.
Robert Kroetsch, 2010
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How to Be Not Too Bad: A Canadian Guide to Superior Behaviour
Forget excellence. This book will help you rise above it all and become, well, not too bad. From the Hardcover edition.
Charles Gordon, 2012
10
The Museum of Bad Art: Art Too Bad to Be Ignored
Readers with an interest in art or humor will enjoy the bad, the worse, and the worst of this priceless collection.
Tom Stankowicz, Marie Jackson, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TOO BAD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term too bad is used in the context of the following news items.
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WATCH: Metric Release New Video For “Too Bad, So Sad”
... up for their September 18th release of their new album, Pagans in Vegas. The group released a video for their new song off the album, “Too Bad, So Sad”. «mxdwn.com, Jul 15»
2
Metric Proclaim 'Too Bad, So Sad' on Celebratory New Song
Toronto indie rock mainstays Metric strive towards snapping through the monotony and loneliness of life on their emphatic, celebratory new song, "Too Bad, So ... «RollingStone.com, Jul 15»
3
Bad Blood? Taylor Swift Calls Out Nicki Minaj Over VMAs Rant
Too bad that the Twitter rant had nothing to do with the pop star... until now. ... but that she knows the game too, mentioning that if she was a "different 'kind' of ... «BET, Jul 15»
4
Metric Debut "Too Bad, So Sad" Via The Pagan Portal App
Metric have shared the third single from their upcoming new album, Pagans In Vegas via their new official app. The app is called the Pagan Portal and, in a new ... «Stereogum, Jul 15»
5
Tired of Millennials? Too Bad
Too Bad… ... Too Bad… David Laufer. Principal at Laufer Public Affairs Strategies. FollowUnfollowFollowingLoading. Tired of Millennials? Too Bad… Jun 26 ... «Pulse, Jun 15»
6
Bad Guys Try to Escape by Harming Family Dog. Too Bad the …
Legend, a Bullmastiff mix, has quite a name to live up to. And today, he's not only a legend, but a hero as well. As Bay News 9 reports, the five strange men who ... «IJ Review, Feb 15»
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Well, That Didn't Work: The Segway Is a Technological Marvel. Too
Too Bad It Doesn't Make Any Sense. A woman commutes on a Segway personal transporter in Beijing on June 9, 2009. Frederic J. Brown/AFP/Getty Images. «Wired, Jan 15»
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Review: 'Alexander and ... Very Bad Day' not too bad
Eleven-year-old Alexander experiences the most terrible horrible day of his young life, finding litte sympathy from his family he begins to wonder if only bad ... «azcentral.com, Oct 14»
9
'Bad Judge' premiere react: Pilot lives up to its name in quality, not in …
But, strangely enough, the pilot shows Rebecca has a secret heart of gold, and is actually not too bad at her job—she demonstrates a stern, no-nonsense ... «Entertainment Weekly, Oct 14»
10
NBC's Bad Judge has lost its showrunner
Presumably Brixius thought Kate Walsh's bad judge was too bad/not bad enough, and the network thought she was too judge/not judge enough. It's not all bad ... «A.V. Club, Sep 14»

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