Definition of "rotten" []

• Being in a state of putrefaction or decay; decomposed. (adjective)
• Having a foul odor resulting from or suggestive of decay; putrid. (adjective)
• Made weak or unsound by rot: rotten floorboards. (adjective)
• Morally corrupt or despicable: She's rotten to the core. (adjective)
• Very bad; wretched: rotten weather. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If it wasn't rotten, _rotten_ luck that he was just off for Paris on government business!"
• "The trader had read that the Germans were promoting what he called rotten, low-down, dirty propaganda about sour relations between Americans and First Americans."
• "So she's using diet and exercise to try to protect them against what she called rotten genes, including those from their 400-pound father."