못되다 has the meaning as followings
(1) [=여위다•못하다] emaciated; worn; worn-out; careworn; wearied; haggard
ㆍ 못된 얼굴 a haggard[worn] face
ㆍ 앓고 나서 얼굴이 못되다 : look thin after an illness
ㆍ 그는 학질에 걸리더니 얼굴이 아주 못되었다 : Malaria left him a wreck
ㆍ 그는 오래 앓고 나더니 얼굴이 못되었다 : He is emaciated[wasted] by his long illness
(2) [=기울다] decline; fall (away); sink; wane; be reduced
ㆍ 그 집안은 살림살이가 못되어 간다 : The family is going downhill. / Their fortune is on the wane. / Their fortune is waning[beginning to ebb]
ㆍ 나라 형편이 못되어 갔다 : Fortune deserted the country
(3) [=나쁘다] bad; evil; wrong; [=사악하다] wicked; ill-natured; malicious; criminal
ㆍ 못된 생각 : an evil intention / a mistaken idea
ㆍ 못된 놈 : a wicked man / a bad egg / a rascal
ㆍ 못된 장난 : mischief
ㆍ 못된 짓 : a wrong / an evil deed / a misdeed / a vice / (주색잡기) evil[loose / coarse] pleasures
ㆍ 못된 짓을 하다 : do wrong / commit a sin[crime]
ㆍ 남에게 못된 짓을 하다 : do something malicious to a person
ㆍ 못되게 굴다 : misbehave oneself / conduct oneself[behave] improperly[in an immoral fashion]
ㆍ 그는 술만 마시면 못되게 군다 : He turns vicious when he drinks
ㆍ 못된 농담은 그만두어라 : Don't make such nasty[cruel / vicious] jokes
ㆍ 못된 송아지 엉덩이에서 뿔이 난다 <속담(proverb)> : The lean weed lifts its head high. / An ill-bred boy behaves rudely
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