too bad

idiom

1
used to show that one is sorry or feels bad about something
It's too bad that John and Mary are getting divorced.
2
used in an ironic way to show that one is not sorry or does not feel bad about something
"But I need your help!" "(That's just) Too bad."

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Which is really too bad because bitter is a lot more fun to watch on TV. Dalton Ross, EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025 Getting discovered by Solange’s Saint Heron team After enrolling at the University of Cincinnati just to get out of her mother’s house, picking up a job bussing tables didn’t seem too bad. India Espy-Jones, Essence, 13 Mar. 2025 Thank God his parents are too dead to see their son’s ignominious end; too bad everyone at the country club isn’t dead. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2025 Gordon actually had an RAS score of 8.16 which isn’t too bad but the damage was done for me. Steve Bradshaw, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for too bad

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“Too bad.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/too%20bad. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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