The phrase "awful status" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or condition that is very bad or undesirable.
Example: "The project is currently at an awful status, and we need to address the issues immediately."
Alternatives: "terrible condition" or "poor state".
Insofar as any particular group could imagine a hundred ways in which the immigration bill could've been better, it was, nevertheless, a huge improvement over the achingly awful status quo.
The only way to make things better is to make the world know about the awful status of people's lives in North Korea today.
No matter that the bastards who butchered the soldier while screaming "Allahu Akbar!" (God is great) have been unanimously condemned by all sane Muslim groups and leaders – moronic ex-schoolmates have still been posting dodgy, grammatically awful status updates on Facebook, ten mosques have been attacked and the number of anti-Muslim incidents has spiked since Rigby's horrifying murder.
No matter that the bastards who butchered the soldier while screaming "Allahu Akbar!" (God is great) have been unanimously condemned by all sane Muslim groups and leaders moronic people have still been posting grammatically awful status updates on Facebook, ten mosques have been attacked, and the number of anti-Muslim incidents has spiked since Rigby's horrifying murder.
It's a minor deviation from the awful energy status quo and would be a depressing end indeed to the year-long Obama-era effort to finally address America's energy problems.
This is the most important election ever: Britain in fragile recovery from awful recession, our status in 21st -century globalisation uncertain.
Bureaucracies, common and awful, protect the status quo and its mediocre (at best) baggage.
It's awful, but it's the status quo.
"Bishop Seraphim is legitimising himself and his awful critique using his institutional status.
"Bishop Seraphim is legitimizing himself and his awful critique using his institutional status.
I believe that as long as the U.S. tolerates the building of more illegal settlements, peace will never come; and that even if settlements were to cease tomorrow morning, securing a durable two-state solution remains a long shot because too many forces on both sides prefer the status quo, as awful as it is, to a deal that requires mutual concessions.
