The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word DECADENT
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result DECADENT
- Declining November temperature going beyond 40s?
- Very bad plug with nice wrapping
- Morally corrupt equivalent of ten depressions?
- After ten years, books degraded
- Immoral collection of books appearing after a number of years
- Ten years associated with heartless nest, corrupt
- A negative effect at the end of last month’s declining
- Effete English rogue gripped by depression
- Perhaps Blair years ultimately written about as corrupt
- Books on period being immoral
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The straight part
We know that "Very bad" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case very bad = decadent.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DECADENT mean?
DECADENT noun- A person affected by moral decay.
- Characterized by moral or cultural decline.
- Luxuriously self-indulgent.