in a bad way

Prepositional phrase

Doing badly; in a state of ill health or misfortune.

Japanese Meaning

非常に悪い状態で / 体調が優れず、苦しい状態で / 不運な状況にある

The sudden layoffs affected company morale in a bad way.

突然の解雇は会社の士気に悪影響を与えた。

Sense（1）

Doing badly; in a state of ill health or misfortune.

We have seen that the Delhi empire was in a pretty bad way. Indeed, one could almost say that, as an empire, it was in no way at all.