gone bad
No longer edible
Gone bad describes something that has spoiled or become unfit for use, typically food that has rotted or decayed: The milk has gone bad.
Extended to people, it means having become corrupt or morally compromised: a cop gone bad, a good kid gone bad.
The phrase implies a transformation from an acceptable state to a ruined one.
- debasedReduced in worth
- morally bankruptLacking all ethical principles
- decomposedBroken into simpler parts
- moldyCovered in fungal growth
- mildewedAffected by fungal growth
tainted · decayed · fetid · soured · rancid · putrid · perished · turned · off · stale · past its prime · corrupted · spoiled · contaminated · rotten · go wrong · collapsed · debauched
moral/behavioral corruption
gone badreformed
Improved after abandoning wrongdoing
redeemed · turned over a new leaf · virtuous · upstanding · righteous
functional state
gone badoperational
Ready to function
intact · holding up · good as new · functioning · functional