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# worst

«worst» in Mova's school dictionary: **the most bad of all** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (bad, worse, worst); adverb (badly, worse, worst); noun (the worst)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Worst means the most bad of all. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#m1)

2) The worst is the most bad thing that can happen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#m2)

3) At worst means if things go as badly as they can. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: the lowest score or result, or the longest time in a race; in «worst case» problems, count the unluckiest picks first, then add one to be sure. In weather and health: the worst storm, the worst of the cold is over. Phrases: the worst, at worst, worst case, if the worst comes to the worst, the worst part.

### examples

- Her worst score was 6. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x1)
- In the worst case, how many must you pick? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x2)
- Which day had the worst weather? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x3)
- His worst time was 12 seconds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x4)
- That was the worst film I have ever seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x5)
- The worst part of the trip was the long wait. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x6)
- Hope for the best and plan for the worst. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x7)
- At worst, we will be ten minutes late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x8)
- He was the worst king that England ever had. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x9)

### note

Superlative of «bad»: bad, worse, worst. Never «baddest» or «most worst». Opposite: best. Pick the lowest score, or the longest time for a race. «Worst case» means count the unlucky picks first, then add one.

### In the corpora

- [The news mostly reports the worst and most urgent events, because that is what feels important to report.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/9/)
- [It shows the worst moments, because what is new and unusual today is what makes the news.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/51-scary-news-wars-disasters-and-how-to-talk-about-them/1/)
- [Radiation still harms living things in the worst spots, and scientists argue how much.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/376-the-chornobyl-zone-how-wild-animals-came-back-and-what-is-still-argued/4/)
- [The Rat: «The worst of it is, I don't exactly know where we are.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/35-willows-ch3-part3-snow-in-the-wild-wood/36/)
- [The worst is over.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/65-willows-ch11-part1-why-steal-them/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «worst» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.