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worst-case scenario

noun

Definitions

  1. Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse

    Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse; the worst possible outcome.

    • Everyone is rightly planning for the worst-case scenario. Across Europe, that worst-case scenario is already playing out.
    • Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—or heaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.

  2. At worst, worst comes to worst, in the worst-case scenario.

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No curated loop yet for worst-case scenario. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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