Usually means: Most unfavorable or severe scenario.
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  1. worst-case: Merriam-Webster
  2. worst-case: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. worst-case: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. worst-case, worst-case, worst case: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Worst-Case, Worst-case, worst-case: Wordnik
  6. worst-case: Wiktionary
  7. worst-case: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. worst-case: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. worst-case: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. worst-case, worst case: Dictionary.com
  11. worst-case: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Worst Case: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. worst-case, worst case: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. worst case: Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures

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Definitions from Wikipedia (Worst Case)

▸ noun:  the third book in the Michael Bennett series by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge.


Opposite:
best case, optimal scenario, ideal situation

Types:
doomsday, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, more...

Phrases:
worst case scenario, Best, worst and average case, imagines worst case scenarios, more...



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Opposite:
best case, optimal scenario, ideal situation

Types:
doomsday, apocalypse, catastrophe, disaster, more...

Phrases:
worst case scenario, Best, worst and average case, imagines worst case scenarios, more...




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