[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

badness \bad"ness\, n.
   the state of being bad.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

badness
     n 1: that which is below standard or expectations as of ethics or
          decency; "take the bad with the good" syn: bad ant:
           good, good
     2: used of the degree of something undesirable e.g. pain or
        weather syn: severity
     3: an attribute of mischievous children syn: naughtiness, mischievousness
see also:
bad good severity naughtiness mischievousness 

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