Badly aligned in front (7)
I believe the answer is:
leading
'front' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'badly aligned' is the wordplay.
'badly' is an anagram indicator (letters in the wrong order).
'aligned' anagrammed gives 'LEADING'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for leading that I've seen before include "Principal" , "in van" , "In the chair" , "In the vanguard" , "Foremost" .)