How to Use worse off in a Sentence

worse off

adjective
  • Users would be worse off for it.
    — Agustina Vergara Cid, Oc Register, 28 Mar. 2026
  • The rest of us could be worse off, too.
    — Lisa Jarvis, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026
  • But none of us was worse off than the boy on the fridge.
    — Literary Hub, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Many were even worse off than the one in Pecos.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Our state and nation are much worse off for that.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And the Leafs are worse off because of it.
    — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Google says a breakup would make the company worse off.
    — Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Chicago is worse off for this senseless loss.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The people are worse off than before.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 June 2026
  • But Baszucki warns that mindset could lead you worse off.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
  • The Nets are only slightly worse off.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Allen said the world is worse off without Keaton's presence.
    — David K. Li, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2025
  • The war with Iran has made Americans worse off.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • America is clearly worse off for it.
    — Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • By status, single women were worse off.
    — Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 June 2026
  • The rest of the group in free agency is either older or worse off than Njoku.
    — Mike Kaye april 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Inflation acts as a tax and leaves everyone worse off.
    — Howard Schneider, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • This generation could be worse off.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Only two 1934 Dust Bowl-era months were worse off.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Only two 1934 Dust Bowl-era months were worse off.
    — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026
  • That would slow the flow of new treatments and leave American patients worse off.
    — Jeffrey Gerrish, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025
  • On the other hand, scholars have found countries governed by populists are worse off.
    — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The excellent starts to shame the ordinary, leaving it worse off.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 22 May 2026
  • This week The New York Times asked if wokeness left us worse off.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 Apr. 2026
  • His notion of the best of all worlds was a state in which no one could be made better off without making someone else worse off.
    — George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026
  • An environment that replaces this with slop makes everyone worse off.
    — Jamil Zaki, CNBC, 12 May 2026
  • Many of their wins in 2026 have come against teams severely worse off on the injury report.
    — Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 23 Feb. 2026
  • This is the first generation of Americans who are worse off than their parents.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Yet, the storm paradoxically left the region’s water supplies worse off in its wake.
    — Alejandro N. Flores, The Conversation, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The result is a form of growth that may leave large segments of the workforce worse off even as the economy becomes more productive.
    — James Broughel, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026

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