Adjective
worst-case (not comparable)
In the least favorable of all possible circumstances.
In a worst-case scenario, according to the ILO, 51 million jobs could be lost in 2009.
We as a security company are not able to develop true endpoint security for iOS. That will mean disaster for Apple. ... when it happens it will be the worst-case scenario because there will be no protection. The Apple SDK won't let us do it. Eugene Kaspersky
I've always thought of fantasy as a genre of best-case scenarios, and horror as a genre of worst-case scenarios. Brian K. Vaughan
The tendency is to focus on the worst-case scenario and to shy away from potentially controversial science; it is time, I think, we looked instead at the benefits. James D. Watson
I always embrace the worst-case scenario. Conor Oberst
Bad bad people can use our shared Language and Technology for evil too, but I'm not going to constipate culture out of fear of imaginary worst-case scenarios. I'm confident much more good will come from this than bad, and that's motivation enough for me. Nina Paley
She gave me the jabs and said I was covered for every worst-case scenario, including being bitten by a dirty chimp. I told her this is why we have over-population problems. Why are idiots who annoy dirty chimps being protected? Karl Pilkington