make matters worse
idiom
: to make a situation worse
He laughed at her and then, to make matters worse, he accused her of lying!
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To make matters worse, hyperscaler storage that many rely on is expensive, overly complex and not optimized for the accessibility and performance that AI workflows demand.
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Dave Friend, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
To make matters worse, China’s emergence as a major nuclear weapons state comes at a moment when Russia and other smaller nuclear powers have begun wielding their arsenals in far more dangerous and destabilizing ways.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
To make matters worse, Baty has been horrendous in June, posting a slash line of .115/.190/.231 on the month.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
To make matters worse, the Flyers’ leading scorer in the series was R.J. Umberger, whose nine points in five games represented 45 percent of his playoff production over his 11-year career.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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Dave Friend, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
To make matters worse, China’s emergence as a major nuclear weapons state comes at a moment when Russia and other smaller nuclear powers have begun wielding their arsenals in far more dangerous and destabilizing ways.
—Vipin Narang, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
To make matters worse, Baty has been horrendous in June, posting a slash line of .115/.190/.231 on the month.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 June 2025
To make matters worse, the Flyers’ leading scorer in the series was R.J. Umberger, whose nine points in five games represented 45 percent of his playoff production over his 11-year career.
—Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 19 June 2025
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“Make matters worse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20matters%20worse. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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