The phrase "a relatively bad" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is not as good as it could be, in comparison to other things.
Example: "The movie received a relatively bad review compared to its predecessor, which was a blockbuster hit."
Alternatives: "somewhat poor" or "fairly subpar".
Other comparative studies also put the United States in a relatively bad light.
It's worth remembering that September was a relatively bad month for broader economic data.
In spite of the good news about the elimination of endemic infections, 2013 has been a relatively bad year for imported infections, as CNN reported today.
"Children do not typically reject a parent, even a relatively bad one, unless they have been manipulated to do so," she said.
He noted that the drug, which would have a "relatively small market," had "a relatively bad name and apparent high risk" in the minds of some people because of its association with botulism.
It shouldn't matter too much whether the wider economy is in a relatively good state or a relatively bad one - all circumstances present unique challenges and opportunities in varying measure.
The results of Experiment 1 show that the ability to switch a decision adaptively given a previous relatively bad outcome emerges at the same time in development as the ability to experience regret.
On the other hand, a MS with relatively bad channel conditions will initially allocate only one slot.
While Twitter was popular from the get-go with "influencers"—celebrities, business leaders, and gurus of various sorts who want to reach a mass audience it is relatively bad at attracting ordinary users, who "mainly want to interact with their friends," Nickisch said.
In the present study, the high Cq values per PCR reaction across all of the age groups of the animals indicated low concentrations of Map in the faeces samples, which might also have been a reason for the relatively bad performance of the bacterial culture method.
Sam Zarifi, Amnesty International's director for the Asia-Pacific region, said: "There are a couple of disappointments, but it's effectively a club of countries with relatively bad human rights records".
