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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If doing so ruins the man’s business, then too bad.
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Suddenly, the once-egregious price doesn’t sound too bad.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Rutledge makes some fair points, but too bad they’re tainted by an insatiable greed.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025
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Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Suddenly, the once-egregious price doesn’t sound too bad.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
Rutledge makes some fair points, but too bad they’re tainted by an insatiable greed.
—Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
Compared with the fundamentalism of al-Qaida or Hamas, the doctrines of the Bolsheviks, the nationalism of the Nazis or the sun god worship of the Aztecs, Christianity does indeed seem not too bad.
—Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 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 7 Jun. 2025.
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