bads
Unwanted economic outputs
Bads is the plural of bad used as a noun—the undesirable things in a situation, often weighed against the goods: You have to take the bads with the goods.
In economics, bads are commodities with negative value, things people pay to avoid or dispose of, like pollution or waste.
Morally harmful things
- wrongsUnjust or harmful acts
- misdeedsImproper or illegal actions
- sinsViolations of moral law
- vicesImmoral habits or practices
transgressions · offenses · harms · injustices · corruptions · iniquities · trespasses · infractions
Severe difficulty or suffering
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
catastrophe · setback · misfortune · reversal · woe · tribulation · affliction · suffering
evils
Morally harmful things
vices · transgressions · offenses · harms · injustices · corruptions · iniquities · trespasses · infractions · violations
adversity
Severe difficulty or suffering
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- calamitySevere misfortune or disaster
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
disaster · catastrophe · setback · misfortune · reversal · woe · tribulation · affliction · suffering · hard luck