at worst

phrase

: under the worst circumstances

Examples of at worst in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The weekly chart shows that recent breakdown in price, but again conditions are at oversold levels that tend to act — at worst — as stabilizing areas. — Jay Woods, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2026

Maybe Williams doesn't know or doesn't care, but this is a ceremonial no-no at best and disrespectful at worst. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Sharing his identity would disclose something that was at best salacious and at worst traumatic. — Allison Lind, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026

Duckworth also faced backlash from critics who argued that her message was, at best, a series of hollow exhortations to simply try harder and, at worst, an insidious form of victim-blaming that ignored structural inequality. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for at worst

• accursed
• amerced
• cloudburst
• coerced
• conversed
• disbursed
• dispersed
• headfirst
• immersed
• outburst
• rehearsed
• reversed