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The phrase "in really bad shape" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use this phrase when you want to describe something (or someone) that is in a state of disrepair and is in need of improvement. Example: The old house had been neglected for many years and was in really bad shape.
Idiom
Bad shape.
If something's in bad shape, it's in bad condition.
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If the knife's in really bad shape, that's what you do".
Her backtracking left detectives relying on the iPad, which Hudson said was "in really bad shape".
At the time of his discovery, rescuers could tell Sassafras was "in really bad shape," Smith said.
"Two of the buildings are in really bad shape," Ms. Chin said.
He was in really bad shape at that time," she said.
"I was in really bad shape and I couldn't remember anything.
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So, understand, he was in really, really bad shape... .. IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: Remembering Kriss Kross' Chris Kelly.
If your instrument is in really, really bad shape (it was a rental in iffy shape when you first saw it, you've been neglecting it, your child or young sibling somehow managed to throw it into the swimming pool...), it may be more expensive to fix it than it would be to just buy another instrument.
So, understand, he was in really, really bad shape.
"The rescue workers are in a really bad shape.
And then when Bande à Part came along, I was in a really bad shape.
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