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ひどい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
ひどい
BOOST
1. cruel; heartless; hard; harsh; severe  (often written with kana only)
2. violent; intense; strong; heavy; extreme  (often written with kana only)
3. very bad; terrible; awful  (often written with kana only)
4. excessive; exorbitant; unreasonable; outrageous; unfair; unjust  (see also: 酷く; often written with kana only)
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 161,518 which gives a rank of 657
ひどい is the most useful form. 3 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 60% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 13,000 (about 53,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N4 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 1113 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 10213
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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Example sentences:
どうぶつ
動物
ひどいことしてはいけない
Don't be cruel to animals.
この
じてんしゃ
自転車
ひどい
おも
すぎる

This bike is awful; it's too heavy.
それひどいいたずら
That's very naughty of you.
ヒドイ
BOOST
Reading : ひどい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 79,000 (about 3,390,000 results)
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酷い
BOOST
Reading : ひどい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 40% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 18,000 (about 36,500,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N1 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
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非道い
BOOST
Reading : ひどい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 130,000 (about 804,000 results)
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コク    cruel   
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コク   つげる to announce   
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whereupon by the ground
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
ド   ト   ground; earth   つち ground, earth, soil   
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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sake flask   とり sign of the bird   
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西
セイ   サイ   にし west   
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ヒ   mistake
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ドウ   トウ   みち road   
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シュ   くび neck; head   
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ジ   シ   みずか self   
grass   
move
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