bad shape
collocation in Englishmeaningsofbadandshape
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bad
adjective
uk/bæd/us/bæd/
unpleasant and ...
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shape
noun
uk/ʃeɪp/us/ʃeɪp/
the particular physical form or appearance ...
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(Definition ofbadandshapefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofbad shape
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The financial affairs of this country are inbadshapeat this time.
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The construction industry is in verybadshape, partly because of the poor state of the housing market.
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Many critics have pointed out that we entered the present crisis in ratherbadshape.
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They are in abadshapeif it does.
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There is another block of flats in my constituency which was rather old and inbadshape.
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There are people who are inbadshapeand cannot be rescued because there are not enough helicopters.
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It is nonetheless still in verybadshape.
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The big problem is that the desert is expanding and tropical forests are inbadshape, threatened by greed and crime.
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If things are inbadshapein education, the media must take their share of responsibility.
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I do not need to labour the fact that democracy in this country is currently in extremelybadshape.
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At present, the operation looks in extremelybadshape.
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If that is an economy in good shape, we are entitled to ask: what is an economy inbadshape?
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A number of cases have been due to a trailing electric flex, thebadshapeof a staircase, or bad lighting of steps.
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Our affairs in this country—let us face up to it—are indeed inbadshape.
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The construction industry is in such abadshapethat there are plenty of opportunities for speeding up the programme to clean our beaches.
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We are all sorry that he returned to this country in such abadshape.
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Some of those who were displaced internally are weak and malnourished, but they are not in suchbadshapeas some people feared.
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The infrastructure of the water industry was inbadshape.
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The economy is inbadshapeand the drought is serious.
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