: the lowest or most fundamental part or level
Examples of rock-bottom in a Sentence
Adjective
rock-bottom prices on home electronics
Noun
After years of heavy drug use, she has finally reached rock bottom.
Their marriage has hit rock bottom.
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Tim Spiers, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The food: With the rock-bottom baseline for rotisserie chicken being Costco’s $5-plus-change bird, Daytrip is a little extravagant at $27 for whole and $17 for half.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 June 2025
His brother, Curtis, died from a heroin overdose in August 2020, which made Radke spiral further into substance abuse until his rock bottom the following January.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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Adjective
And half of those were against rock-bottom Southampton?
—Tim Spiers, New York Times, 22 May 2025
The food: With the rock-bottom baseline for rotisserie chicken being Costco’s $5-plus-change bird, Daytrip is a little extravagant at $27 for whole and $17 for half.
—John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
Noun
Football followed suit just as the sport was hitting rock bottom.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 June 2025
His brother, Curtis, died from a heroin overdose in August 2020, which made Radke spiral further into substance abuse until his rock bottom the following January.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 June 2025
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“Rock-bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock-bottom. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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