The quality or state of being bad, evil, or undesirable. It encompasses moral wrongness, poor quality, or harmful characteristics.
Formed by adding the suffix '-ness' to 'bad', following standard English word formation patterns. 'Bad' itself comes from Old English 'bæddel', possibly meaning 'hermaphrodite' or 'effeminate man', later generalizing to mean 'inferior' or 'evil'.
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