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worst

[wurst] / wɜrst /
ADJECTIVE
most wanting
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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She was immediately rushed to hospital and Bachteler feared the worst.

From BBC Sep. 13, 2026

Fittingly, it was the red-hot Stark who drained her putt on the 17th for a 2&1 win that meant Europe would at worst be level heading into the singles.

From Barron's Sep. 12, 2026

To try to make sense of Journey’s path, I’ve ranked all 25 of the band’s hits that have charted on Billboard’s Hot 100, starting with the worst and ending with the best.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

The worst news for workers in the report is that real hourly average wages fell 0.1% in August.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

And if Emma’s dad is in prison…my brain starts imagining the worst.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

The team has suddenly become the best at worsts.

From Los Angeles Times May 6, 2025

That litany of worsts is almost without precedent.

From Washington Post Jul. 14, 2022

Those missing pieces effected Elliott perhaps more than anyone, and he finished with career worsts of 979 yards and eight total touchdowns.

From Seattle Times Jul. 22, 2021

Blaine Gabbert or Colin Kaepernick failed to provide strong quarterback play, Niners lacked any big-play receivers, defense set franchise worsts for most points, yards and yards rushing allowed in single season.

From Washington Times Apr. 20, 2017

It seems like a long list of worsts.

From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon

He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 4, 2025

Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.

From Washington Post Nov. 20, 2017

It's made at Alfred Brown worsted mills, a century-old family business in Bramley in Leeds.

From BBC Feb. 9, 2016

We read about one of them, in a store: “A beautiful jacket in blue worsted wool was making him feel sad.”

From New York Times Sep. 11, 2014

He belonged to a walled city of the fifteenth century, a city of narrow, cobbled streets, and thin spires, where the inhabitants wore pointed shoes and worsted hose.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier

Yates had a proud record to sustain, Harwell a decade of worsting to atone for.

From The Half-Back by Ralph Henry Barbour

He flew to the army, took upon him the command, and displayed all the abilities of a great general in out-manœuvring and worsting the generals and armies of Savoy.

From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne

He fought with two knights who asked the lady Canacê to wife, the terms being that none should have her till he had succeeded in worsting Camballo in combat.

From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

In the fighting of that day James Douglas, the second son of the fat Earl of Avondale, won the prize, worsting his elder brother William in the final encounter.

From The Black Douglas by Frank Richards

He was the first to speak, and, in doing so, he felt he was acknowledging his worsting in the encounter.

From The Law-Breakers by Ridgwell Cullum




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