worst
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1.2
- adverb
- /wɜrst/
- You know, actually I think having spontaneity is not a bad thing and letting men and women have free speech interact is not the worst thing in the world.
Examples
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Losing the championship game was the worst feeling in the world.
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And slowly but surely, it became literally my worst nightmare.
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Oh no, no, that's the worst way of doing it.
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So I, you know, you try and I guess journal or, or really remember like where you were at your worst, where you were at your best.
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And I think like my worst fear when I was early dating was thinking that I wouldn't connect.
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Yeah, like the worst part is Parsec didn't work that great either.
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That was the worst performance I have ever seen.
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He did the worst job of all the candidates in the interview.
Synonyms
16
3.9
If things go as badly as they can, this is what will happen
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
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7.3
A case where you get the bad parts of two choices and no good parts
Compounds
How Badly
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word worst as an adverb comes from the same root as worse and simply means 'in the most bad way'. So if someone did something the worst, they did it more poorly than everyone else.