Usually means: Harmful event causing pain, loss.
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  1. Bad Thing: Wiktionary
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  2. Bad Thing: Encyclopedia

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  1. The Bad Thing: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bad Thing)

▸ noun:  (informal) An action that yields undesirable results to its subject.

Similar:
consequence, bad business, bad sign, unblessing, maleffect, fallout, bad influence, juju, unintended consequence, downside, more...

Opposite:
good thing, positive thing, benefit, advantage, asset

Phrases:
not a bad thing, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing, a bad thing, bad thing to make at a restaurant, more...

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Similar:
consequence, bad business, bad sign, unblessing, maleffect, fallout, bad influence, juju, unintended consequence, downside, more...

Opposite:
good thing, positive thing, benefit, advantage, asset

Phrases:
not a bad thing, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing, Baby Did a Bad Bad Thing, a bad thing, bad thing to make at a restaurant, bad thing for e lecturer to hear, bad thing to miss, bad thing to hear from a surgeon, more...



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