Definitions

at worst

ADVERB

partly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

at least partially slightly somewhat

WEAK

at best at most bit by bit by degrees carelessly halfway in a general way in bits and pieces in part in some measure in some ways inadequately incompletely insufficiently little by little measurably not entirely not fully not strictly speaking not wholly notably noticeably piece by piece piecemeal relatively so far as possible to a certain degree to a certain extent up to a certain point within limits

Antonyms

WEAK

completely totally wholly

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at worst

Remembering that lesson will surely help bereaved families through a process that many find bewildering at best; incomprehensible at worst.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

If a claim is substantiated, the plagiarist is seen as sloppy or lazy at best, and fundamentally dishonest at worst.

From Salon ● Aug. 23, 2026

But the ventures were met with, at best, mixed reviews and, at worst, outright hostility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Whatever predictions Báez had once made about career trajectory were quickly looking overly ambitious at best and downright ridiculous at worst.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

But in the short term, siblings are at best a hassle and at worst a terror.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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