worst-case scenario

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Alternative forms

worst case scenario

Noun

worst-case scenario (plural worst-case scenarios)

Any situation or conclusion which could not be any worse; the worst possible outcome.
- 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.
Antonym: best-case scenario

Translations

Situation which could not be any worse

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: pitjor dels casos m
Chinese:
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Finnish: pahin tapaus, kauhuskenaario (fi)
French: pis-aller (fr) m, scénario catastrophe (fr) m
German: Worst-Case-Szenario n
Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
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)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Polish: najgorszy przypadek m
Romanian: cel mai rău caz n
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Adverb

worst-case scenario

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

See also

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

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