worse off vs worse-off

Some examples from the web:

• I am worse off than you.
• I must be worse off than I thought.
• There are many worse off than we.
• Couldn't accept that he was worse off than before.
• Then you're no worse off than you are now.
• This is a specific contribution without which Europe would be far worse off.
• He better be much worse off than he looks.
• Will would be worse off with that woman.
• We're worse off now than when we started.
• I fear that he will be worse off here, what with all the talk of Bonaparte.
• You're no worse off than people that are in the world and have to deal with it.
• Then we're worse off than we were before.
• You know, sometimes, when I'm having a hard time, what gets me through is finding someone who's worse off than me and helping them.
• If we go back to Earth, we'll be worse off than we were before.
• President Lukashenko would argue that the population is worse off as a result of the EU's action, not his own policy.
• And I was worse off than he was.
• I'm no worse off than I was in Tampico.
• As Gilens and Page emphasize, their evidence does not imply that government policy makes the average citizen worse off.
• Well, I imagine we're worse off in the House than we were before.
• These people compare the situation with the previous one and feel that they are worse off now than in the past.

Some examples from the web:

• The Agenda 2000 reforms further reduce the share producers get from the market place, which is a particularly serious problem for the worse-off regions.
• We should not divide Europe once again into the better-off and the worse-off.
• Enlargement must not go ahead at the expense of the worse-off regions, but through joint efforts.
• We need to reform pension systems and make sure that the unemployed are not left worse-off when they find work.
• The Agenda 2000 reform, therefore, should have given more weight to the needs of the worse-off regions, as was called for in the Luxembourg resolution.
• The other possibility, of course, is that this is yet another example of the way in which the European Union is divided into a first-class and better-off Europe, which receives more subsidies, and a second-class and worse-off Europe, which receives fewer.
• Women are still worse off than men.
• I saw people worse off than me.
• I am worse off than you.
• There are many worse off than we.
• My father says worse off, since you, Piamontese, got there.
• I can't help thinking we're worse off after splitting up.
• He thus considers that he was worse off than Officials on secondment.
• There's a lot of people worse off.
• You'll be worse off than you are now, if that's possible.
• Including her getting worse off the steroids.
• Marte is worse off than Gard.
• Pipkin is even worse off than me.
• If such consumers are worse off following the agreement, the second condition of Article 53(3) is not fulfilled.
• I saw people worse off than me.