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WORST definition: 1. superlative of bad: of the lowest quality, or the most unpleasant, difficult, or severe: 2. the…. Learn more.
Under the most negative circumstances, estimation, or interpretation: At worst, the storm will make us postpone the trip.
Worst is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with `bad' and `badly.' For example, the superlative of `badly-affected' is `worst-affected.'
the worst ⇒ the least good or most inferior person, thing, or part in a group, narrative, etc (often preceded by at) the most poor, unpleasant, or unskilled quality or condition: television is at its worst these days
There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word worst, two of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
The superlative of bad, evil, or ill; bad in the highest degree, whether morally, physically, financially, or otherwise: as, the worst sinner; the worst disease; the worst evil that can befall a state or an individual.
Small businesses have been worst hit by the recession. 小企业受经济衰退打击最为严重。 Roads in rural areas were worst affected by the snow. 农村地区的道路受降雪影响最为严重。 The students voted him the school's worst-dressed teacher. 学生们将他评为该校着装最差的教师。
But to win over these young workers, manufacturers have to clear another major hurdle: parents, who lived through the worst US economic downturn since the Great Depression, telling them to avoid the factory.
Worst is used to form the superlative of compound adjectives beginning with 'bad' and 'badly'. For example, the superlative of 'badly-affected' is 'worst-affected'.
