at worst

Example Sentences

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“You only have so many tries” suggests his attempts to help could backfire; that language is inflammatory and shaming at worst and unhelpful at best.

From MarketWatch

John Davies, then Bishop of Swansea and Brecon emailed Morgan, who was Archbishop of Wales at that time, and said he hoped Pierce would get a caution at worst or "nothing further done at best".

From BBC

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

From The Wall Street Journal

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

Frank never established any obvious identity at Spurs, with fans quickly turning against what they saw as at best a pragmatic approach, and at worst a negative one.

From BBC