: the lowest or most fundamental part or level
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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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Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
Her reminder to other people going through a rock-bottom scenario?
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
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Adjective
Don’t: Forget to pay taxes on interest For most of the last decade or so, CD rates were at rock-bottom lows and the tax burden for CD interest was minimal.
—Nerdwallet, The Mercury News, 20 May 2024
Her reminder to other people going through a rock-bottom scenario?
—Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
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“Rock-bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock-bottom. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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