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Definition: At Worst |
At WorstAdverb1. Under the worst of conditions; "at worst we'll go to jail". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: At WorstSynonym: at the worst (adv). (additional references) |
| Antonym: at best (adv). (additional references) |
Crosswords: At Worst |
| Specialty definitions using "at worst": moderate nuclear risk. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I think the signing of a nuclear disarmament pact with the Soviet Union is at best an act of naïveté, and at worst an unsupportable negligence (Seven Days in May; writing credit: Fletcher Knebel; Charles W. Bailey II) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Denmark | However, due to reduced inflows of new labor, unemployment will at worst increase nominally. (references) |
Bolivia | Property and contractual rights may be enforced in Bolivian courts, but the legal process at best is time-consuming and at worst can be subject to political influence and corruption. (references) | |
Human Rights | Sierra Leone | Prison and police lockup facilities conditions generally are harsh; at best they are Spartan, and at worst life threatening. (references) |
Political Economy | Panama | Because the current Panamanian judicial system is inefficient at best, and corrupt at worst, many U.S. companies doing business in Panama have arbitration agreements in place as an alternative to the courts. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Language | Translations for "at worst"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | në rastin më të keq. (various references) | |
Arabic | في اسوأ حال, في أسوأ الأحوال. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | в най-лошия случай. (various references) | |
Czech | v nejhorším případì. (various references) | |
French | le cash-flow serait au moins équilibré (cash flow would at worst be around break-even). (various references) | |
German | schlimmstenfalls (at the worst). (various references) | |
Hebrew | במקר" "'רוע ביותר. (various references) | |
Hungarian | legrosszabb esetben (at the worst, in the worst case). (various references) | |
Italian | nel modo peggiore. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | atay orstway.(various references) | |
Russian | в худшем случае. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | u najgorem slučaju (worst: at worst). (various references) | |
Spanish | en el peor de los casos. (various references) | |
Swedish | i värsta fall. (various references) | |
Turkish | en kötü ihtimalle. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | denique. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-o-r-s-t-t-w" | |
-1 letter: ottars, stator, tarots. | |
-2 letters: ottar, ratos, roast, rotas, sowar, start, stoat, straw, strow, swart, taros, tarot, tarts, toast, toras, torts, trots, trows, warts, watts, worst, worts. | |
-3 letters: arts, oars, oast, oats, orts, osar, rato, rats, raws, rota, rots, rows, soar, sora, sort, star, stat, staw, stoa, stow, swat, swot, taos, taro, tars, tart. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-r-s-t-t-w" | |
+1 letter: saltwort, starwort. | |
+2 letters: saltworts, stalworth, starworts, watthours. | |
+3 letters: downstater, microwatts, stalworths, waterspout. | |
+4 letters: downstaters, watchtowers, waterfronts, waterspouts, workstation. | |
+5 letters: airworthiest, latticeworks, whitethroats, workstations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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