- superlative of mean.
meanest
Example Sentences
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"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Readers eventually learn how Odd, whom Buddy describes as “the meanest human creature in my experience,” ends up at Buddy’s home for the holiday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
I was behind the wheel of the biggest, meanest, greenest, most American street-legal machine in existence.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
And of course there is the Ben White issue - the Arsenal defender has been a huge part of the Premier League's meanest defence but remains unavailable for selection.
From BBC ● May 20, 2024
It was the meanest thing she had ever imagined doing.
From "The Lemonade War" by Jacqueline Davies
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