The phrase "awful implications" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing negative consequences or meanings that arise from a particular situation or statement.
Example: "The new policy has some awful implications for employee morale and productivity."
Alternatives: "terrible consequences" or "dreadful ramifications.".
They are playing with fire, and if we're not laughing at the outrageousness of being asked to cheer the pro-slavery confederates, we're squirming at the awful implications of a well-intentioned educational idea.
This blog post joins a chorus of voices calling on President Trump to consider the awful implications of tearing up this Agreement, and argues it would be much more prudent for the Trump Administration to continue to abide by the Agreement and waive sanctions in return for international monitoring, limiting nuclear development, and cooperation with Iran.
It would be …" He raised his hands, unable to express the awful social implications.
And Considine gradually reveals a terrible implication about Joe's past, in doing so disclosing the origin of the film's title, and the awful irony of Joe failing to understand its real meaning.
In Merton's words, "Dorothy Day never preaches, never pounds the table: she remarks quietly on the things she has seen, she points out their awful, as well as their beautiful, implications, and she passes on to something else".
The implication is almost too awful to contemplate.
Otherwise the implications for world peace are awful.
That suggests that across the sector an awful lot of people are transacting without knowing the full implications of their choices.
The idea of redemption stemmed from a moral sales pitch proffered by King, a transaction in which whites would confront the awful contours of American history and be granted exemption from its implications.
Given the editorialists' recurring objections to George Bush's tax cuts, their implication here was clear: The Bush Administration has been especially awful in creating inequality.
This is all true for tobacco, and in no way attenuates our certainly about its implication in emphysema, lung cancer, and a long list of other awful things.
