Meaning: in a bad way 
adj.
suffering severe physical strain or distress
facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty
in a bad way Idiom, Proverb
in a bad way
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adv. phr., informal In trouble or likely to have trouble. If you have only those two girls to help you, you are in a bad way. Jerry has written only one sentence of his term paper that is due tomorrow, and he knows he is in a bad way. Mrs. Jones has cancer and is in a bad way. A new supermarket opened across the street, and the Peters' grocery business was soon in a bad way.in a bad way
1. Suffering physically or emotionally. I've been in a absolutely bad way back the car accident. It's been about a ages and I still can't get out of bed. I anticipate Ashley absolutely needs our help. She has been in a bad way anytime back her mother died.2. Functioning ailing or improperly. I approved smacking the TV, but it's in a bad way—the account is still scrambled. I knew the car was in a bad way, but I didn't anticipate it would aloof breach down on my like that!3. Struggling financially. The aggregation acclimated to be one of the better players in the industry, but it's been in a absolutely bad way in contempo years. I apperceive their ancestors has been in a bad way anytime back Frank absent his job.4. In a abrogating or analytical address or sense. Your paintings are all absolutely familiar—not in a bad way, of course! I aloof beggarly that they admonish me of adventures I've had. Unfortunately, the sequel's aberrant artifice absolutely differentiates it from its antecedent in a bad way.Learn more: bad, wayin a bad way
In trouble; also, deteriorating. For example, If he can't get that coffer accommodation he'll be in a bad way, or The business is in a bad way, with profits crumbling every month. [Early 1800s] Learn more: bad, wayin a bad way
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