- superlative of bad.
worst
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IBM shares plunged 25% in their worst day ever after the company issued a profit warning, dragging down other software and IT firms.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Residents in the worst affected areas have vented their frustrations by setting piles on trash on fire or banging on pots and pans.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
In the S&P 400’s worst 10-year period, the investor made a positive 3.6% a year in average returns.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
Those thundery conditions will develop more widely across the east of North America by the weekend, pushing away the worst of the heat - although temperatures in many areas will remain above the seasonal norm.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
Best part of your day, worst part of your day.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
Those missing pieces effected Elliott perhaps more than anyone, and he finished with career worsts of 979 yards and eight total touchdowns.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 22, 2021
Cobb allowed season worsts of nine runs and 11 hits in a June 10 loss at Toronto.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 20, 2018
At USC, Wilcox’s teams slid to, or very close to, career worsts in points allowed, yardage allowed, completion percentage and turnovers produced.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2017
He finished with a .229 batting average and .616 OPS, both career worsts.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 9, 2016
It seems like a long list of worsts.
From "Sparrow" by Sarah Moon
He often mixed silk and wool or silk and linen for a softer alternative to the heavy, stiff gabardines and worsted wools that were typical for men’s suits and jackets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2025
They had put chairs and pillows into it, and several worsted suits.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 4, 2018
Rolls upon rolls of flannel, worsted wool and cashmere are stacked in a space the size of a football field.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 20, 2017
She took photographs and wrote poetry; in 1938, The New York Times published her ode to “a day for dreaming in the sun, for telling worsted tales, for languid ease.”
From New York Times ● May 26, 2016
Papa was elegant that day, in a brand-new double-breasted worsted suit, with vest and silk tie and stickpin.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
He followed up his success by worsting the Senones, Carnutes, and Menapii, while Labienus defeated the Treviri.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
He fought with two knights who asked the lady Canacê to wife, the terms being that none should have her till he had succeeded in worsting Camballo in combat.
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham
Ah, Julia remembered now, and with the recollection of the principal's words came the means of worsting Grace Harlowe in her efforts to vindicate Anne.
From Grace Harlowe's Sophomore Year at High School The Record of the Girl Chums in Work and Athletics by Flower, Jessie Graham [pseud.]
The flames, like devils thirsting, Lick the wind, where crackling spars Wage hellish warfare, worsting All the still, astonished stars!
From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)
He flew to the army, took upon him the command, and displayed all the abilities of a great general in out-manœuvring and worsting the generals and armies of Savoy.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
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