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Questions & Answers about Новый дизайн хуже.
What is хуже the comparative form of?
Хуже means worse and is the irregular comparative form of both the adjective плохой (bad) and the adverb плохо (badly).
Why doesn't хуже have a masculine ending to match дизайн?
In Russian, simple comparative words that end in -е or -ее (like хуже, лучше, больше) are frozen. They never change their endings to match the gender, case, or number of the noun they describe.
Where is the word for 'is' in this sentence?
Just like with regular adjectives and nouns, the present tense verb for 'is' is dropped in Russian. If you wanted to say the new design was worse, the past tense verb comes back: Новый дизайн был хуже.
How do we know хуже is acting as an adjective and not an adverb here?