Might the nonsense be less bad if it didn't build in such an astonishing contempt for the reality of human suffering?
The American housing market is less bad in some places than in others.
Using fibers and textiles that would readily biodegrade and forgoing embalming could be held up as examples of "being less bad" in the context of green burial.
I think I'm just traumatized from his character in Season 7 (he was less bad in 8 also). They laid it on much too thick, and I can't shake that irritation.
You could say that's less bad, in the sense that fewer people will be hit by it, but it's also harder to reverse, because smaller groups of people have fewer friends and are therefore more vulnerable, as Pastor Niemoller might have said.
On Wednesday, Mr Rajoy told parliament that the job situation for the entire year "will not be good, but it will be less bad than in the preceding years".
I am encouraged by the manufacturing data as the quarterly change picture was less bad than in the three-months to December as improvements in a broad range of activities such as chemicals, pharmaceuticals, clothing, wood and as well as a limited retreat in transport equipment all manged to offset the worsening in basic metals.
You told the interviewer that shale gas is "less bad" than coal in terms of carbon dioxide emissions".
As materials become scarcer and the impact of their use becomes more obvious, designers can no longer be content with making a product that has better elements or is "less bad" than its competitors in terms of its sustainable credentials.
