Definition of "worse-off" [worse-off]

• Alternative spelling of worse off. (adjective)
• Comparative form of badly-off: more badly-off (adjective)

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• "Today, Dr. King would be calling our generation to action because economic inequality and insecurity has risen sharply over the course of our lifetimes, to the point that we are the first in American history poised to be worse-off economically than the previous one."
• "Ultimately, his decision would be successful, but unwittingly or accidentally put him into a situation that was larger and worse-off than the original situation."
• "Mr. Herbert said Utah, one of the more fiscally stable states, would "do what we need to do" in the unlikely event of any kind of federal bailout of worse-off states."