worse off

See also: worse-off

English

Alternative forms

• worse-off

Adjective

worse off

1. comparative form of badly off: more badly off
   • 2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October :

     Meanwhile, billions of pounds of cuts to benefits and tax credits mean that many disabled people and families with children stand to lose huge sums: the poorest fifth of families with children will be on average £3,000 worse off a year as a result of tax and benefit changes since 2010.

Antonyms

• better off