BETTER OFF

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does better off mean? 

• BETTER OFF (adjective)
  The adjective BETTER OFF has 1 sense:

1. in a more fortunate or prosperous condition

  Familiarity information: BETTER OFF used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETTER OFF (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a more fortunate or prosperous condition

Context example:

is better off than his classmate

Similar:

fortunate (having unexpected good fortune)

 Context examples 

“Ah!” said Mrs. Bennet, shaking her head, “then she is better off than many girls. And what sort of young lady is she? Is she handsome?”

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

He will be better off, said they, with us than with you.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Also, doctors should focus more on heart attack patients who are normal weight and not assume that just because they're normal weight that they're probably going to be better off.

(Mildly Obese Fare Better after Major Heart Attack, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A question about whether an individual feels or felt that others would be better off if they were dead.

(Did You Feel That Others Would Be Better Off If You Were Dead, NCI Thesaurus)

Geriatric Depression Scale, Short Form (GDS-SF) Do you think that most people are better off than you are?

(GDS-SF - Think Most People Better Off Than You, NCI Thesaurus)

Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) Does the patient say he/she is a burden to the family or that the family would be better off without him/her?

(NPI - Say He/She is a Burden to the Family, NCI Thesaurus)

And I hope she will be better off in one respect, and not be induced to go away after it has been her home so long.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) Thoughts that you would be better off dead or of hurting yourself in some way.

(PHQ-9 - Thoughts That You Would be Better Off Dead, NCI Thesaurus)

We were better off in our last house.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) Do you think that most people are better off than you are?

(GDS - Think Most People Better Off Than You, NCI Thesaurus)