worst-case
adjective
: involving, projecting, or providing for the worst possible circumstances or outcome of a given situation
a worst-case scenario
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Turning off water before leaving home prevents these worst-case scenarios.
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The resulting plume tool shows pollution traveling across urban areas on typical days with prevailing conditions, and also on a worst-case scenario day with the most people exposed.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
However, a sports doctor has weighed in with a best and worst-case scenario for Lamb moving forward.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
The ambiguity was enough to trigger a worst-case interpretation inside boardrooms and across living rooms from Bengaluru to London.
—Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
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Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2025
The resulting plume tool shows pollution traveling across urban areas on typical days with prevailing conditions, and also on a worst-case scenario day with the most people exposed.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
However, a sports doctor has weighed in with a best and worst-case scenario for Lamb moving forward.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Sep. 2025
The ambiguity was enough to trigger a worst-case interpretation inside boardrooms and across living rooms from Bengaluru to London.
—Matteo Moschella, NBC news, 21 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worst-case
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“Worst-case.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worst-case. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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