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least worst

least worst adjective: least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.

Adjective

least worst (not comparable)

  1. (colloquial) Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.
    • For many people, after reading all the manifestos and watching all the party political broadcasts, and browsing all the party websites, and enduring all the TV debates, they've decided that not a single one of the parties speaks to them, and they don't unhate the least worst one enough to give them...2015 April 27, “Is there a good reason for NOT voting?”, in Jay Foreman (video), retrieved 27 Apr 2015

Questions about least worst

What does least worst mean?
Least worst means least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.
What part of speech is least worst?
Least worst is an adjective.

Words near least worst in the dictionary

  1. least upper bound
  2. least upper bounds
  3. least weasel
  4. least weasels
  5. least willow
  6. least worst
  7. least-known
  8. leastaways
  9. leastest
  10. leastness
  11. leasts

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