worst-case scenario

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• worst case scenario

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Noun

worst-case scenario (plural worst-case scenarios)

1. Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse; the worst possible outcome.

   Antonym: best-case scenario

   • 2020 March 25, “Network News: What COVID-19 means for rail in a wider transport context”, in Rail, page 10:

     Everyone is rightly planning for the worst-case scenario. Across Europe, that worst-case scenario is already playing out.

   • 2023 March 6, Alexis Jones, Megan Schaltegger, “These Tinder Conversation Starters Actually Work, According To Dating Experts”, in Women's Health‎^[1]:

     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.

Translations

Situation which could not be any worse

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• Catalan: pitjor dels casos m
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• Dutch: doemscenario (nl) n
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• Finnish: pahin tapaus, kauhuskenaario (fi)
• French: pis-aller (fr) m, scénario catastrophe (fr) m
• German: Worst-Case-Szenario n
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• Irish: an cás is measa m
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• Japanese: 予想される最悪の筋書き (yosō sareru saiaku no sujigaki)
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• Polish: najgorszy przypadek m
• Romanian: cel mai rău caz n
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• Spanish: el peor de los casos
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Adverb

worst-case scenario

1. (informal) At worst, worst comes to worst, in the worst-case scenario.

   Antonyms: at best, best-case scenario

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: pahimmassa tapauksessa
• French: au pire (fr), dans le pire des cas
• German: schlimmstenfalls (de), im schlimmsten Fall
• Icelandic: í versta falli
• Norwegian: i verste fall
• Polish: w najgorszym przypadku (pl)
• Spanish: en el peor de los casos

See also

• Doomsday scenario on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Negative visualization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia