Word info

dead last

Adjective

Meaning

dead last (not comparable)

(idiomatic) Finishing in last place in a competition or ranking, often by a considerable margin to the next-to-last-place finisher or after an exceptionally poor showing or season.
That high-school football team only scored 18 points all year! No wonder they were dead last in the league.

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Examples

Of the 22 industrialized nations of the world, we're dead last in per capita giving to poor people. Tony Campolo

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