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.

Examples of worst of all in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

And perhaps worst of all was the blackmail threat to not authenticate a ball that was clearly historic. —Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024

The news was worst of all for Felipe, a 26-year-old acquired from the Padres last season. —Jon Becker, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024

And worst of all, the structural integrity of the house itself was compromised, with wooden beams weakened and support structures gnawed to the brink of collapse. —Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024

By competing in a pageant so soon after giving birth, by wearing makeup and traveling and slipping into a dress while (probably) still bleeding and, worst of all, looking hot, Neeleman was being dangerously irresponsible at best, and deviously sinister at worst. —Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 22 Jan. 2024

Though one of Christmas’s best diss tracks, this cover doesn’t do it justice, and worst of all reminds us of Morrison in 2020’s The Grinch musical on NBC. 35. —Vulture, 19 Dec. 2023

Don’t waste these meetings shooting the breeze, pretending to be friends, or worst of all, talking about deep personal matters. —Bruce Tulgan, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023

The combination of the new stadium, hand-wringing fans and — worst of all — disinterested indifference in the community has ripple effects beyond one locker room. —Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Nov. 2023

But, worst of all, my sob-screams were heard by my father. —Mike O’Brien, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023