worst-case

(wʉrst′kās′)

adjective

that is, or takes into account, the worst possible case, condition, situation, etc.

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adjective

Most unfavorable; being or involving the worst possibility: “has exceeded even the worst-case estimate of his harshest critics” (Alan Cranston).

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