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at worst

ADVERB
partly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
at least partially slightly somewhat
WEAK
at best at most bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits
Antonyms
WEAK
completely totally wholly

Example Sentences

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“It’s not that long ago where, if you talked to a House or Senate Democrat, there were a nontrivial number who were, at worst, tariff-curious,” Kumar said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026

Consumption-fueled growth is seen, at best, as peculiarly American and, at worst, as decadent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

During the inquest, the coroner returned a conclusion of misadventure rather than suicide, describing Jack's actions as "at worst a cry for help and more likely, in my view, an expression of frustration and despair".

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Are these the kinds of important tasks you want to give a person who has already shown themselves to have bad judgment at best, and to be untrustworthy at worst?

From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026

Finally, we come to the jealousy and mostly benign neglect of her masters in Cairo, to whom Alexandria and her port were, at best, redundant, and at worst, a reminder of Egypt’s foreign-dominated past.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro