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# worst

adjective (bad, worse, worst); adverb (badly, worse, worst); noun (the worst)

«worst» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Worst means the most bad of all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#m1)
2. The worst is the most bad thing that can happen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#m2)
3. At worst means if things go as badly as they can. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#m3)

### In the lessons

In maths: the lowest score or result, or the longest time in a race; in «worst case» problems, count the unluckiest picks first, then add one to be sure. In weather and health: the worst storm, the worst of the cold is over. Phrases: the worst, at worst, worst case, if the worst comes to the worst, the worst part.

### Examples

- Her worst score was 6. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x1)
- In the worst case, how many must you pick? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x2)
- Which day had the worst weather? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x3)
- His worst time was 12 seconds. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x4)
- That was the worst film I have ever seen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x5)
- The worst part of the trip was the long wait. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x6)
- Hope for the best and plan for the worst. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x7)
- At worst, we will be ten minutes late. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x8)
- He was the worst king that England ever had. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/#x9)

### Note

Superlative of «bad»: bad, worse, worst. Never «baddest» or «most worst». Opposite: best. Pick the lowest score, or the longest time for a race. «Worst case» means count the unlucky picks first, then add one.

## In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Sefer Yetzirah lists good and evil as a pair, with degrees from good to best and from bad to worst. It uses this to say God made all things in opposites and balances. In the primary lessons: In maths: the lowest score or result, or the longest time in a race; in «worst case» problems, count the unluckiest picks first, then add one to be sure. In weather and health: the worst storm, the worst of the cold is over. Phrases: the worst, at worst, worst case, if the worst comes to the worst, the worst part.

### Examples

- God made all things as this one compared to that one: \[note 1: \[Ecclesiastes 7:14\]\] good compared to evil, better and best and a worse and worst. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worst/#x1)
- Wherefore I will bring the worst of the nations, and they shall possess their houses; I will also make the pride of the strong to cease; and their holy places shall be profaned. (Prophets EZK.7.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worst/#x2)

### Note

Superlative of «bad»: bad, worse, worst. Never «baddest» or «most worst». Opposite: best. Pick the lowest score, or the longest time for a race. «Worst case» means count the unlucky picks first, then add one.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «worst» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/W/worst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«worst» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/worst.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «worst» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/W/worst/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«worst» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/worst.html) on Mova free.