worst-case
[wurst-keys]
- of the worst possibility; being the worst result that could be expected under the circumstances: a worst-case scenario.
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First recorded in 1960–65
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Without those subsidies, the worst-case scenario has Obamacare entering a fiscal death spiral.
Now, according to a recent World Food Program report (PDF), the estimate has risen to a worst-case scenario of 5.7 million.
Because the worst-case scenario is you do a series finale and no one cares.
The epidemic, in a worst-case scenario, could reach millions.
The worst-case scenario would be Kutesa becoming the next Brendan Eich.
The U.N.’s Next President Is a Gay-Hating Friend of Uganda’s Corrupt DictatorJay Michaelson
June 3, 2014