worst-case scenario

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worst-case scenario (plural worst-case scenarios)

  1. Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse; the worst possible outcome.
    Antonym: best-case scenario
    • 2020 March 25, “Network News: What COVID-19 means for rail in a wider transport context”, in Rail, page 10:
      Everyone is rightly planning for the worst-case scenario. Across Europe, that worst-case scenario is already playing out.
    • 2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health‎:
      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.

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worst-case scenario

  1. (informal) At worst, worst comes to worst, in the worst-case scenario.
    Antonyms: at best, best-case scenario

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