in a bad way

1. In trouble; also, deteriorating. For example, If he can't get that bank loan he'll be in a bad way, or The business is in a bad way, with profits declining every month. [Early 1800s]

Example Sentences

"I don't think there's an overwhelming trend that things are in a bad way," Piastri said.

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Not in a bad way, in a good way.

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She says returning to “Industry” so quickly felt like “another big mountain to climb,” although not necessarily in a bad way.

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“California is thought of as the crazy people. ... I don’t mean that in a bad way — though I know some people do — but we do things differently here.”

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What we are seeing in this country with reactionary politics is just the pendulum of history swinging backward in a bad way.

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