TOO BAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does too bad mean? 

• TOO BAD (adjective)
  The adjective TOO BAD has 1 sense:

1. deserving regret

  Familiarity information: TOO BAD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TOO BAD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deserving regret

Synonyms:

regrettable; too bad

Context example:

it's too bad he had no feeling himself for church

Similar:

unfortunate (not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune)

 Context examples 

It’s too bad the Ghost has lost her masts. Why we could sail away in her. Don’t you think we could, Humphrey?

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

“This is too bad,” cried Emma, as they turned away.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

"It is too bad," Dutchy said, with a sad shake of his head.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"It is too bad—" Mr. Ford began.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

"It is certainly too bad!" said the tender-hearted Woodman.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

"It's too bad, but it served him right," Scott said hastily.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It is too bad that men cannot be trusted unless they are watched.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Poor Jo! It's too bad, but it can't be helped.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

It is a great deal too bad.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

“It was too bad to spring it on you like this, but Watson here will tell you that I never can resist a touch of the dramatic.”

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)