Usually means: Best option among poor choices.
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  1. least worst: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. least worst: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. least-worst, least-worst: Collins English Dictionary
  4. least-worst: Wordnik
  5. least-worst: TheFreeDictionary.com
  6. least worst: Wiktionary

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▸ adjective:  (colloquial) Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.

Similar:
worst, better than nothing, last, loserest, rudimentary, bottom, low-end, undermost, dead last, goodless, more...

Types:
least worst option, least worst outcome, least worst choice, more...

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Similar:
worst, better than nothing, last, loserest, rudimentary, bottom, low-end, undermost, dead last, goodless, more...

Types:
least worst option, least worst outcome, least worst choice, more...



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