AT WORST Definition & Meaning

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at worst

In the least favorable circumstance; under the most difficult conditions. For example, Convicted of taking a bribe, the official believed that at worst he would be sentenced to a few months in prison . [1500s]
In the least favorable view or supposition, as in No harm done; at the worst I'll copy the tax return again . Chaucer used this sense in Troilus and Cressida: “For at the worst, it may yet short our way.” [Late 1300s] For the antonym, see at best .

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At best, this is theater; at worst it’s an attempt to intimidate judges so they stop scrutinizing Donald Trump’s deportation efforts.

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"What a load of rubbish. That is gamesmanship at best, downright cheating at worst," he said on air.

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The main crime the duchess commits in “With Love, Meghan” is creating a middling show that is, at worst, inoffensive.

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And from what I witnessed in court, the prosecution’s case was flimsy at best, a grotesque miscarriage of justice at worst.

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This shift exposes Big Tech and legacy media’s anti-fake-news campaigns as, at best, PR fluff, and at worst, efforts to outright silence dissent.

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