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• n  the least favorable outcome
  the worst that could happen
• n  the greatest damage or wickedness of which one is capable
  the invaders did their worst
  so pure of heart that his worst is another man's best
• n  the weakest effort or poorest achievement one is capable of
  it was the worst he had ever done on a test
• v  defeat thoroughly
• a  (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition
  the worst player on the team
  the worst weather of the year
• a  having undesirable or negative qualities
• s  very intense
• s  feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')
• s  (of foodstuffs) not in an edible or usable condition
• a  feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone
• s  not capable of being collected
• s  below average in quality or performance
• s  nonstandard
• s  not financially safe or secure
• s  physically unsound or diseased
• s  capable of harming
• s  characterized by wickedness or immorality
• s  reproduced fraudulently
• s  not working properly
• r  to the highest degree of inferiority or badness
  She suffered worst of all
  schools were the worst hit by government spending cuts
  the worst dressed person present

• From lead in the soil to toxins in the water and radioactive fallout in the air, The Blacksmith Institute has created a list of the world's worst ecological disaster areas.
• This is quite possibly the worst rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" ever.
• Waldo Waterman wanted aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss to like him in the worst way.

• pip
• mop up
• whip
• rack up
• bad
• big
• tough
• spoiled
• spoilt
• regretful
• sorry
• uncollectible
• risky
• high-risk
• speculative
• unfit
• unsound
• forged
• defective

• best
• good
• unregretful

News & Articles

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• Worst U.S. charities bilk millions
  They say they're helping dying children and wounded veterans, but the numbers don't add up. The worst charities spent $1 billion of $1.3 billion in donations paying fundraising companies.
  June 14, 2013 - CNN
• Worst charities in U.S. give little to causes
  TAMPA, Fla., June 13 (UPI) -- The worst charities in the United States collectively spend only 4 percent of the money they bring in on causes they claim to back, an investigation found.
  June 13, 2013 - UPI
• Worst Hitting Phillie Since 1998 to Return to Team?
  If Salisbury is right, in the midst of this team-wide futility, the Phillies are adding the worst hitter they've had since the start of 1999. Yes, Michael Martinez is that bad a hitter.
  June 13, 2013 - Philly.com

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in CNN (blog)
  It took him five paragraphs to say the serious words we have all known for weeks, but he needed to say: "This oil spill is the worst environmental disaster America has ever faced."
• Jimmy Carter in Washington Post
  I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history,Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper's Saturday editions. "The overt...