- superlative of mean.
meanest
Example Sentences
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And more than a few of my closest, meanest friends.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 11, 2026
"Candidates should not try to be the meanest sheriff."
From Barron's ● Mar. 26, 2026
Yet none found the back of the net, leaving the game to be decided on penalties, the cruelest, meanest, most unfair — and most exciting — way to determine a winner.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 25, 2025
I was behind the wheel of the biggest, meanest, greenest, most American street-legal machine in existence.
From Slate ● Jun. 22, 2025
And of course there are at least a dozen America's Got Talent episodes, the ones where Simon is the meanest.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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