Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - badly off

(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. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ 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. ADJ: usu v-link ADJ