worst-case
adjective
: involving, projecting, or providing for the worst possible circumstances or outcome of a given situation
a worst-case scenario
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Here’s how scientists say some survived A 2022 study modeled two worst-case scenarios.
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 June 2024
Imaginationland office staffers busily ordering up Anxiety’s worst-case scenarios; and the Parade of Future Careers, which allows the outcasts to hitch a ride on a Supreme Court Justice float.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
In a worst-case scenario, if the condition grew worse during the flight, ground controllers could isolate it by closing the manifold feeding the leak.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
In a worst-case scenario where China increases export restrictions for key minerals or implements a full ban, the electronics, oil refining, defense, and EV sectors would be especially at risk, JPMorgan’s Ho and Chang noted.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 10 June 2024
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Katie Hunt, CNN, 23 June 2024
Imaginationland office staffers busily ordering up Anxiety’s worst-case scenarios; and the Parade of Future Careers, which allows the outcasts to hitch a ride on a Supreme Court Justice float.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 June 2024
In a worst-case scenario, if the condition grew worse during the flight, ground controllers could isolate it by closing the manifold feeding the leak.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 1 June 2024
In a worst-case scenario where China increases export restrictions for key minerals or implements a full ban, the electronics, oil refining, defense, and EV sectors would be especially at risk, JPMorgan’s Ho and Chang noted.
—Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 10 June 2024
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