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: 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: Dictionary.com
  11. worst-case: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. worst-case: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  In the least favorable of all possible circumstances.

Similar:
best-case, minimum, badly off, casewise, out at elbow, superiorly, circumstanced, proper, ultrasimplified, remote, more...

Opposite:
best-case, optimal, ideal, favorable

Types:
global warming, nuclear war, pandemics, natural disasters, economic collapse, more...

Phrases:
worst-case scenario, Worst-case complexity, Worst-case circuit analysis, Worst-case execution time, more...



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Similar:
best-case, minimum, badly off, casewise, out at elbow, superiorly, circumstanced, proper, ultrasimplified, remote, more...

Opposite:
best-case, optimal, ideal, favorable

Types:
global warming, nuclear war, pandemics, natural disasters, economic collapse, more...

Phrases:
worst-case scenario, Worst-case complexity, Worst-case circuit analysis, Worst-case execution time, more...



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