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Bad or BAD may refer to:


Common meanings

* Evil, the opposite of moral good * Erroneous, inaccurate or incorrect * Unhealthy, or counter to well-being *
Antagonist An antagonist is a character in a story who is presented as the chief foe of the protagonist. Etymology The English word antagonist comes from the Greek ἀνταγωνιστής – ''antagonistēs'', "opponent, competitor, villain, enemy, riv ...
, the threat or obstacle of moral good


Acronyms

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BAD-2 BAD-2 was a Soviet experimental amphibious armored car, that could be also converted to run on railroad tracks (see ''draisine''). The changing for rail mode took 30 minutes. Only one prototype was built in 1932, designed by engineer P. N. Syac ...
, a Soviet armored trolley car * Bank account debits tax, an Australian tax * Bcl-2-associated death promoter, a pro-apoptotic protein * Team B.A.D., a professional wrestling tag team


Films

* '' Andy Warhol's Bad'', a 1977 film * ''Bad'', an unfinished film by Theo van Gogh


Music


Performers

* B. A. D., the Taiwanese boy band, who formed in 1998 *
Big Audio Dynamite Big Audio Dynamite (later known as Big Audio Dynamite II and Big Audio, and often abbreviated BAD) were an English band, formed in London in 1984 by Mick Jones, former lead guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the Clash. The band mixed various mu ...
, Mick Jones' post-Clash band, from London *
Royce da 5'9" Ryan Daniel Montgomery, known professionally as Royce da 5'9" (or simply Royce 5'9"), is an American rapper, songwriter, and record producer. Montgomery is currently one half of the rap duo Bad Meets Evil with fellow Detroit rapper Eminem, and ...
, the American rapper known as Bad, in the group Bad Meets Evil


Albums

* ''Bad'' (album), a 1987 album by Michael Jackson * ''BAD'', or '' Bigger and Deffer'', the second album by LL Cool J, 1987


Songs

* "Bad" (U2 song), 1984 * "Bad" (Michael Jackson song), 1987 * "Bad", from the 2011 album '' Symphony Soldier'' by The Cab * "Bad" (Wale song), 2013 * "Bad" (David Guetta and Showtek song), 2014 * "Bad!" (XXXTentacion song), 2018 * "Bad" (James Bay song), 2019 * "Bad", by Don Diablo, featuring Zak Abel, 2020


Other music

* Bad (tour), a Michael Jackson world tour


Places

* "Bad" is the German word for "bath/spa" and so is found in many placenames in German-speaking Europe, e.g. Bad Kissingen *
Bad, Azerbaijan Bad is a village in the Quba Rayon of Azerbaijan. The village forms part of the municipality of Rustov Rustov is a village and municipality in the Quba District of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 3,956. The municipality consists of the vil ...
, a village in the Quba District * Bad, a village in the
Agra district Agra district is one of the 75 Districts of Uttar Pradesh, India. The district headquarters is the historical city of Agra. Agra district is a part of Agra division. Geography The district lies in the cultural region of Braj. Agra district is ...
of India *
Bad, Uttar Pradesh Baad is a census town in Mathura district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous countr ...
, a census town in India * Bād, alternate name for Badrud, a city in Iran *
Bad River (disambiguation) Bad River may refer: Rivers * Bad River (Michigan), a tributary of the Shiawassee River in the US * Bad River (South Dakota), a tributary of the Missouri River in the US * Bad River (Wisconsin), flowing into Lake Superior in the US * Bad River (Bri ...
, various rivers


Other uses

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Bad (economics) An economic bad is the opposite of an economic good. A 'bad' is anything with a negative value to the consumer, or a negative price in the marketplace. Refuse is an example of a bad. A bad is a physical object that lowers a consumer's level of ha ...
, the opposite of a good *
Bad (cuneiform) The cuneiform bad, bat, be, etc. sign is a common multi-use sign in the mid 14th-century BC Amarna letters, and the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. In the Epic it also has 5 sumerogram uses (capital letter ( majuscule)). From Giorgio Buccellati (Buccell ...
, a cuneiform sign * Little Miss Bad, a character in the ''Little Miss'' series of books by Roger Hargreaves *
Banda languages Banda is a family of Ubangian languages spoken by the Banda people of Central Africa. Banda languages are distributed in the Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and South Sudan. Languages Olson (1996) Olson (1996) classif ...
, spoken in Central Africa (ISO 639-2 and -5 codes "bad") *
Barksdale Air Force Base Barksdale Air Force Base (Barksdale AFB) is a United States Air Force (USAF) base in northwest Louisiana, United States, in Bossier Parish. It is contiguous to Bossier City, Louisiana, along the base's western and northwestern edge. Barksdale AFB ...
, Bossier City, Louisiana, US (IATA airport code BAD)


See also

* BADD (disambiguation) *
List of people known as the Bad Several historical figures are known by the epithet the Bad: * Arnulf, Duke of Bavaria (died 937) * Charles II of Navarre (1332–1387), King of Navarre and Count of Évreux * Haakon Sigurdsson (c. 937–995), de facto ruler of Norway from about ...
* '' Bad 25'', 2012 special 25th anniversary edition of the Michael Jackson album ''Bad'' * ''Bad 25'' (film), a 2012 documentary film about the Michael Jackson album * * {{disambiguation, geo