worse off
See also: worse-off
English
Alternative forms
- worse-off
Adjective
worse off
- comparative form of badly off: more badly off
- 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October :
- Meanwhile, billions of pounds of cuts to benefits and tax credits mean that many disabled people and families with children stand to lose huge sums: the poorest fifth of families with children will be on average £3,000 worse off a year as a result of tax and benefit changes since 2010.
- 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October :
Antonyms
- better off