worst case

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

If you took $100,000 a year from your traditional IRA and, in a worst-case scenario, there was no growth in those stocks for the duration of your retirement because of some bizarre turn of events, you still wouldn’t run out of money before age 98.

From MarketWatch

Because we can model grids, we can design them for worst-case conditions.

From The Wall Street Journal

He could imagine no end of worst-case scenarios.

From Literature

The worst-case scenario for European officials?

From The Wall Street Journal

The rule of thumb is well-known: Families are typically told to set aside three to six months’ worth of essential expenses to cover worst-case scenarios and other surprises.

From MarketWatch