Worse-off Sentence Examples

You certainly can't be any worse off than this.

At Athens, at any rate after Aristides, the eupatrid was neither better nor worse off than another man.

Puket and Chantabun, being both on a lee shore, in this season experience rough weather and a heavy rainfall; the latter, being farther from the equator, is the worse off in this respect.

But although his assistance enabled them to defeat the Aedui, the Sequani were worse off than before, for Ariovistus deprived them of a third of their territory and threatened to take another third.

The second Mrs Godwin was energetic and painstaking, but a harsh stepmother; and it may be doubted whether the children were not worse off under her care than they would have been under Godwin's neglect.

The people, he contended, were no worse off under the old monarchy than they will be in the long run under assemblies that are bound by the necessity of feeding one part of the community at the grievous charge of other parts, as necessitous as those who are so fed; that are obliged to flatter those who have their lives at their disposal by tolerating acts of doubtful influence on commerce and agriculture, and for the sake of precarious relief to sow the seeds of lasting want; that will be driven to be the instruments of the violence of others from a sense of their own weakness, and, by want of authority to assess equal and proportioned charges upon all, will be compelled to lay a strong hand upon the possessions of a part.

I'm also afraid that under John Major, the bottom quartile did not become worse off.

These people today are even worse off and we blame a tyrant ruler and a corrupt regime.

The employer gained $9 an hour, Chang got a job, and no one is worse off.

In a few years, the money is gone and they are worse off than before.

If they are beaten, flogged, or sent to Siberia, I don't suppose they are any the worse off.

I 'm also afraid that under John Major, the bottom quartile did not become worse off.

There 's always someone worse off than you they say which I think is a pretty uncharitable thought.

Some people are not able to manage them well and can end up worse off than before they started.

If you work with the wrong one, you could end up worse off than before you started, no matter how Christian the service claims to be.

The problem is, the money is bogus and you're left worse off than before you participated in the scam.

An injured muscle left alone too long can contract, shorten and weaken, leaving you even worse off than you were at the start of the injury.

Many interventions that seem to go well end with news that the addict is worse off than before, while others are surprisingly positive in light of a difficult episode.