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worst-case scenario en · ADV
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(informal) At worst, worst comes to worst, in the worst-case scenario.
I'll get the ends of my hair dyed. Worst-case scenario, I can cut them off.
Antonyms
best-case scenario · at best
Translations (13)
is í versta falli (at worst) · pl w najgorszym przypadku (at worst) · fr dans le pire des cas (at worst) · no i verste fall (at worst) · nl in het slechtste geval (at worst) · gl no peor dos casos (at worst) · es en el peor de los casos (at worst) · fi pahimmassa tapauksessa (at worst) · fr au pire (at worst) · nl in het ergste geval (at worst) · de im schlimmsten Fall (at worst) · de schlimmstenfalls (at worst) · es en el peor caso (at worst)
worst-case scenario en · NOUN
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Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse; the worst possible outcome.
Everyone is rightly planning for the worst-case scenario. Across Europe, that worst-case scenario is already playing out.
2020 March 25, “Network News: What COVID-19 means for rail in a wider transport context”, in Rail, page 10:Here’s the worst case scenario: You’ve just wasted your time on a few meaningless Tinder messages and not an actual date—or heaven forbid, a full-blown relationship.
2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health:
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best-case scenario
Translations (22)
no verstefallscenario (Situation which could not be any worse) · ro cel mai rău caz (Situation which could not be any worse) · pl najgorszy przypadek (Situation which could not be any worse) · ko 최악의 시나리오 (Situation which could not be any worse) · ga an cás is measa (Situation which could not be any worse) · pt pior das hipóteses (Situation which could not be any worse) · pt pior dos casos (Situation which could not be any worse) · de Worst-Case-Szenario (Situation which could not be any worse) · nl worstcasescenario (Situation which could not be any worse) · fr pis-aller (Situation which could not be any worse) · ja 最悪のシナリオ (Situation which could not be any worse) · es el peor de los casos (Situation which could not be any worse) · fi pahin tapaus (Situation which could not be any worse) · nl doemscenario (Situation which could not be any worse) · es el peor caso (Situation which could not be any worse) · cmn 最壞的情況 /最坏的情况 (Situation which could not be any worse) · fr scénario catastrophe (Situation which could not be any worse) · ca pitjor dels casos (Situation which could not be any worse) · fi kauhuskenaario (Situation which could not be any worse) · gl o peor dos casos (Situation which could not be any worse) · fi pahin mahdollinen tapaus (Situation which could not be any worse) · ja 予想される最悪の筋書き (Situation which could not be any worse)