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

Example Sentences

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In France, many in the mainstream see the Islamic head scarf, at best, as an archaic symbol of women’s oppression, and at worst a sign of failed integration and religious radicalism.

From New York Times

“Dial of Destiny” clearly wants us to believe there is, even if the evidence it marshals over the next 2½ hours proves inconclusive at best and unpersuasive at worst.

From Los Angeles Times

Getting it wrong is at best a waste of time, and at worst means exposure to a lethal predator hiding in the flowers.

From Scientific American

But at worst, even if unintentionally, “True Story” indulges in the same thing it satirizes, the impulse to make murder fun.

From New York Times

“When a writer or an agent has given me a manuscript,” he says, “I’ve read it overnight and gotten back to them the next day or at worst over the weekend.”

From New York Times

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