at worst

[at worst] or [at the worst] {adv. phr.}

1. Under the worst conditions; as the worst possibility.

/When Don was caught cheating in the examination he thought that at worst he would get a scolding./

Compare: [AT MOST].

Contrast: [AT BEST].

2. In the least favorable view, to say the worst about a thing.

/The treasurer had certainly not stolen any of the club's money; at worst, he had forgotten to write down some of the things he had spent money for./

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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