20 times worse

20 times worse
ten/20/100, etc. times better/bigger/worse, etc.
used when you compare two things to say how much better, bigger, worse, etc. something is than something else: »

The median wealth of people with ISAs is 20 times greater than that of the general population.

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Financial and business terms. 2012.

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