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/wɜː(r)s/- more unpleasant or bad than something else or than before
Some said they’d never seen a worse film.
get worse:Our performance got worse as the game went on.
worse than:The injury looked a lot worse than it really was.
something is made worse by something:The situation was made worse by the rapid growth in population.
worse and worse:The company’s financial problems are getting worse and worse.
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