The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), a. [Compar. Worse (w[^u]s); superl.
   Worst (w[^u]st).] [Probably fr. AS. b[ae]ddel
   hermaphrodite; cf. b[ae]dling effeminate fellow.]
   Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious,
   hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or
   defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious;
   wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad
   conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad air; bad health; a bad
   crop; bad news.

   Note: Sometimes used substantively.
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               The strong antipathy of good to bad. --Pope.
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   Syn: Pernicious; deleterious; noxious; baneful; injurious;
        hurtful; evil; vile; wretched; corrupt; wicked; vicious;
        imperfect.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bad \Bad\ (b[a^]d), imp. of Bid.
   Bade. [Obs.] --Dryden.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bid \Bid\ (b[i^]d), v. t. [imp. Bade (b[a^]d), Bid, (Obs.)
   Bad; p. p. Bidden, Bid; p. pr. & vb. n. Bidding.]
   [OE. bidden, prop to ask, beg, AS. biddan; akin to OS.
   biddian, Icel. bi[eth]ja, OHG. bittan, G. bitten, to pray,
   ask, request, and E. bead, also perh. to Gr. teiqein to
   persuade, L. fidere to trust, E. faith, and bide. But this
   word was early confused with OE. beden, beoden, AS.
   be['o]dan, to offer, command; akin to Icel. bj[=o][eth]a,
   Goth. biudan (in comp.), OHG. biotan to command, bid, G.
   bieten, D. bieden, to offer, also to Gr. pynqa`nesqai to
   learn by inquiry, Skr. budh to be awake, to heed, present
   OSlav. bud[=e]ti to be awake, E. bode, v. The word now has
   the form of OE. bidden to ask, but the meaning of OE. beden
   to command, except in "to bid beads." [root]30.]
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   1. To make an offer of; to propose. Specifically : To offer
      to pay ( a certain price, as for a thing put up at
      auction), or to take (a certain price, as for work to be
      done under a contract).
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   2. To offer in words; to declare, as a wish, a greeting, a
      threat, or defiance, etc.; as, to bid one welcome; to bid
      good morning, farewell, etc.
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            Neither bid him God speed.            --2. John 10.
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            He bids defiance to the gaping crowd. --Granrille.
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   3. To proclaim; to declare publicly; to make known. [Mostly
      obs.] "Our banns thrice bid !" --Gay.
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   4. To order; to direct; to enjoin; to command.
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            That Power who bids the ocean ebb and flow. --Pope
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            Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee. --Matt.
                                                  xiv. 28
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            I was bid to pick up shells.          --D. Jerrold.
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   5. To invite; to call in; to request to come.
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            As many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
                                                  --Matt. xxii.
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   To bid beads, to pray with beads, as the Roman Catholics;
      to distinguish each bead by a prayer. [Obs.]

   To bid defiance to, to defy openly; to brave.

   To bid fair, to offer a good prospect; to make fair
      promise; to seem likely.
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   Syn: To offer; proffer; tender; propose; order; command;
        direct; charge; enjoin.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bad
    adv 1: with great intensity (`bad' is a nonstandard variant for
           `badly'); "the injury hurt badly"; "the buildings were
           badly shaken"; "it hurts bad"; "we need water bad" [syn:
           badly, bad]
    2: very much; strongly; "I wanted it badly enough to work hard
       for it"; "the cables had sagged badly"; "they were badly in
       need of help"; "he wants a bicycle so bad he can taste it"
       [syn: badly, bad]
    adj 1: having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report
           card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a
           bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut";
           "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were
           bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading";
           "the movie was a bad choice" [ant: good]
    2: very intense; "a bad headache"; "in a big rage"; "had a big
       (or bad) shock"; "a bad earthquake"; "a bad storm" [syn:
       bad, big]
    3: feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally
       used colloquially for `bad'); "my throat feels bad"; "she
       felt bad all over"; "he was feeling tough after a restless
       night" [syn: bad, tough]
    4: (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition; "bad
       meat"; "a refrigerator full of spoilt food" [syn: bad,
       spoiled, spoilt]
    5: feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss
       over something done or undone; "felt regretful over his
       vanished youth"; "regretful over mistakes she had made"; "he
       felt bad about breaking the vase" [syn: regretful, sorry,
       bad] [ant: unregretful, unregretting]
    6: not capable of being collected; "a bad (or uncollectible)
       debt" [syn: bad, uncollectible]
    7: below average in quality or performance; "a bad chess
       player"; "a bad recital"
    8: nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"
    9: not financially safe or secure; "a bad investment"; "high
       risk investments"; "anything that promises to pay too much
       can't help being risky"; "speculative business enterprises"
       [syn: bad, risky, high-risk, speculative]
    10: physically unsound or diseased; "has a bad back"; "a bad
        heart"; "bad teeth"; "an unsound limb"; "unsound teeth"
        [syn: bad, unfit, unsound]
    11: capable of harming; "bad air"; "smoking is bad for you"
    12: characterized by wickedness or immorality; "led a very bad
        life"
    13: reproduced fraudulently; "like a bad penny..."; "a forged
        twenty dollar bill" [syn: bad, forged]
    14: not working properly; "a bad telephone connection"; "a
        defective appliance" [syn: bad, defective]
    n 1: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics
         or decency; "take the bad with the good" [syn: bad,
         badness] [ant: good, goodness]

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

Broken As Designed
BAD

    (BAD) A humourous problem description that is a play
   on "working as designed", from IBM.  A system that is BAD
   fails because of bad design and misfeatures rather than
   because of bugs.

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   (2020-05-17)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

BAD
 /B·A·D/, adj.

    [IBM: acronym, “Broken As Designed”] Said of a program that is bogus
    because of bad design and misfeatures rather than because of bugginess. See
    working as designed.