The phrase "a bad state of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a negative condition or situation regarding something, often followed by a noun that specifies what is in a bad state.
Example: "The economy is in a bad state of decline, affecting many businesses and families."
Alternatives: "a poor condition of" or "a dire situation of".
"But when I am in a bad state of mind and particularly missing him I'll avoid it.
But he, too, said that a world where "all encounters can be recorded by everybody" is "not necessarily a bad state of affairs".
"The real problem is that when guards are in such a bad state of mind, their response is, unfortunately, to pile on the abuses and violence".
a Few weeks ago the assistant superintendent in charge of collating returned tags came bach from a long business trip, and found on his desk a large striped bass in a bad state of preservation.
"Before Bleu, it was really a bad state of affairs," said Alex Fraser, a doctoral student at U.S.C. "You look at broken couplets of English for a long time, and eventually you start to accept it more and more".
And saying you're too old for a Volvo is a bad state of affairs… Email Martin at [email protected] or follow him on Twitter @MartinLove166 Correction: the Pilot Assist feature works at up to 80mph, not 30mph as previously stated.
The broad concept picks out any bad state of affairs, wrongful action, or character flaw.
But we would be in a bad state if all of our money was passively managed.
Also constructed was a two-and-one-half story brick house to replace an existing structure in a "very bad state of repair".
That's a particularly bad state of affairs for a company like Evernote, which has often touted the permanency of its product.
In a preliminary research, 23 coins had been studied with scarce results due to a defective sampling procedure and to a very bad state of conservation and consequent impossibility of numismatic identification.
