worst of all

idiom

used to refer to the least pleasant or appealing part of something that has many bad parts
I forgot my backpack, was late for class, and worst of all, I discovered I'd studied the wrong material for the test.

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And worst of all for the rest of baseball, the Dodgers swallowing the final three seasons on Buxton's seven-year, $100 million contract would be nothing more than a drop in the bucket. Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025 She’s been accused of hiring an actor to play her boyfriend on the show, faking her divorce, and — worst of all — having bad breath. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025 We are constantly threatened by dogs, coyotes, snakes, owls, hawks…and worst of all…you. Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Nov. 2025 Google DeepMind's Gemini AI assistant performed worst of all, with researchers finding significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants. Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for worst of all

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“Worst of all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worst%20of%20all. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.

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