What is "worse off"

Usage examples of "worse off".

After all, they said, they should hardly be much worse off than thousands who annually winter in Arctic regions.

Indeed, as far as provision went, he was rather worse off with Ruby and Nanny than he had been before, but on the other hand, Nanny was a great help in the house, and it was a comfort to him to think that when the new baby did come, Nanny would be with his wife.

I'm really worse off than ever before, for I haven't Katie Maurice and Violetta now.

Would literature be better or worse off if it had never come into existence?

Under the law of decrements, each battle leaves us worse off than before.

At least, however, I cannot be worse off than I should have been, if the other had been the person.

Indeed, it had been more than a failure, because we were worse off after we had washed our clothes than we were before.

And so we hack through dry branches andtear our skin on thorns, and as we bleed our thirst increases, and I find myselfwondering if my daughters could be any worse off having their eyes torn out bybirds than they are now, here, with me.

I was looking for work when I walked in this door, so it's not as if I'm any worse off on my way out.

If anything, you were worse off as a peasant in King Emeric's Hungary, than in either the Empire or the Grand Duchy of Lithuania.

And, as I stumbled toward them, I discovered we were no worse off than bruises, choked throats and grit-tormented eyes.