What's the difference between bad and virtuous?

Bad


Definition:

  • (imp.) Bade.
  • (superl.) Wanting good qualities, whether physical or moral; injurious, hurtful, inconvenient, offensive, painful, unfavorable, or defective, either physically or morally; evil; vicious; wicked; -- the opposite of good; as, a bad man; bad conduct; bad habits; bad soil; bad health; bad crop; bad news.
  • () of Bid

Example Sentences:

  • (1) City badly missed Yaya Touré, on international duty at the Africa Cup of Nations, and have not won a league match since last April when he has been missing.
  • (2) For viewers in the US, you get the worst possible in-game managerial interview in Mike Matheny, one that's so bad, it's actually great!
  • (3) Former lawmaker and historian Faraj Najm said the ruling resets Libya “back to square one” and that the choice now faced by the Tobruk-based parliament is “between bad and worse”.
  • (4) In London, diesel emissions are now so bad that on several days earlier this summer, children, older people and vulnerable adults were warned not to venture outside .
  • (5) Following mass disasters and individual deaths, dentists with special training and experience in forensic odontology are frequently called upon to assist in the identification of badly mutilated or decomposed bodies.
  • (6) "Seller reports are key to identifying bad buyers and ridding them from our marketplace," says eBay.
  • (7) Botswana, Kenya, Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have also been badly hit.
  • (8) We are better off in.” Out campaigners have claimed that the NHS could be badly hit by a decision to stay in the EU.
  • (9) However, the City focused on the improvement in the fortunes of its Irish business, Ulster bank, and its new mini bad bank which led to a 1.8% rise in the shares to 368p.
  • (10) Urban hives boom could be 'bad for bees' What happened: Two professors from a University of Sussex laboratory are urging wannabe-urban beekeepers to consider planting more flowers instead of taking up the increasingly popular hobby.
  • (11) Pupils who disrupt the learning of their classmates are dealt with firmly and, in many cases, a short suspension is an effective way of nipping bad behaviour in the bud."
  • (12) On a weekend that sees the country celebrate 50 years of independence it is certain that despite all things – good and bad – that have taken place in 2013, the next 50 years will be transformed by personal technology, concerned citizens and the media.
  • (13) Meanwhile the Brooklyn Nets, who have been dealing with nothing but bad news since the start of the regular season, will be without Paul Pierce for 2-4 weeks, also due to a right hand fracture.
  • (14) It's bad enough that they're so thin,” said Kilbourne.
  • (15) "I am in a bad situation, psychologically so bad and confused," one father said, surrounded by his three other young sons.
  • (16) Later, Lucas, also a former party leader, strongly defended Bennett, saying it was a “bad day for Natalie” but there was also “kind of a gloating tone that strikes one as having something to do with her being a woman in there too”.
  • (17) Another five years of Tory rule with all the terrible consequences that will have is bad enough.
  • (18) We suggest that sick districts can be affirmed on the basis of the total amount of fluoride intake, the prevalence rates of dental fluorosis, bad incomplete teeth, milk-teeth and the mean output of urinary fluoride between 8 and 15 years of age.
  • (19) Two hundred forty-six fetuses had at least one abnormal biophysical profile variable with the risk of bad outcome, for a single abnormal variable, ranging from 8% (body movements) to 100% (tone) and increasing from 14% (any variable abnormal) to 63% (all variables abnormal).
  • (20) This is bad constitutional reform, but it is a reform anyway.

Virtuous


Definition:

  • (a.) Possessing or exhibiting virtue.
  • (a.) Exhibiting manly courage and strength; valorous; valiant; brave.
  • (a.) Having power or efficacy; powerfully operative; efficacious; potent.
  • (a.) Having moral excellence; characterized by morality; upright; righteous; pure; as, a virtuous action.
  • (a.) Chaste; pure; -- applied especially to women.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) To stand virtuously in the grandstand looking down upon a world whose best efforts in inevitably imperfect times can never match your own exalted standards is a definition of irrelevance, not virtue.
  • (2) We insist that its citizens ought to be more virtuous versions of ourselves; when they fall short, our rage is terrible.
  • (3) Louise Glück’s prose-poem collection, Faithful and Virtuous Night , won for poetry.
  • (4) The zesty, citrus whiff of oranges freshens up the January kitchen, drawing a line under heavy celebratory food, and lighting up the virtuous, but enticing path to a lighter, healthier diet.
  • (5) In theory, there is a virtuous commercial circle, with programming created and owned in-house, performing well on ITV, then making megabucks when it is sold around the world.
  • (6) Twenty-First Century Populism , edited by Daniele Albertazzi and Duncan McDonnell, describes how populism appeals to voters because it "pits a virtuous and homogenous people against… dangerous 'others' who together are depicted as depriving the sovereign people of their rights, values, prosperity, identity and voice".
  • (7) The virtuous part is expected to be sold to a private bidder after the general election.
  • (8) They were the virtuous rebels who rose in the name of all kinds of folk gurus and deities, including Mao Zedong, to fight corrupt officials and evil rulers, and restore morality.
  • (9) Jen (from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) In Ang Lee's gravity-defying martial arts romp, women take most of the major roles, virtuous or villainous.
  • (10) In this context, treating human immunodeficiency virus-infected persons is a virtuous act, which meets both patients' and society's health needs and affirms the moral mission of health care.
  • (11) If the reaction to another Gawker story last year, since taken down, that possibly outed an executive is any indication, most news outlets already think of themselves as better and more virtuous than Gawker – they would never stoop so low as to publish a sex tape in the first place.
  • (12) Assuming that caring is a virtue, it is concluded that ethically virtuous nurses must possess the caring attributes and demonstrate caring actions.
  • (13) It is a virtuous circle, on which the quality of teaching and the rigour of courses has no bearing.
  • (14) The expansive, leisurely poems in the new collection, Faithful and Virtuous Night, by Louise Glück, are interspersed with one-paragraph prose-poems – miniature parables often framed as personal anecdotes, like this week's choice, A Work of Fiction.
  • (15) Premier League locked in to virtuous circle and likely to stay on its perch | Sean Ingle Read more The 20-year-old, who moved to the Stade Vélodrome last summer from Nantes for £1m, has attracted attention for his performances this season despite his club struggling in mid-table in Ligue 1.
  • (16) These two second-order factors of Net Affect and Authoritarian Virtuousness are further discussed in light of their intrafactor and interfactor relationships.
  • (17) And how can we create a virtuous cycle whereby better employment practices and opportunities for career development feed into higher productivity?
  • (18) Business, the media and, ultimately, individuals are caught – and the un-virtuous circles continue.
  • (19) "You could put everything back into a community and create a virtuous cycle."
  • (20) In other times and places, anger is seen not just as part and parcel of life, but even as a virtuous emotion.