If something has reached rock bottom, it is at such a low level that it cannot go any lower.
Morale in the armed forces was at rock bottom.
Prices have hit rock bottom.
2. uncountable noun
If someone has reached rock bottom, they are in such a bad state or are so completely depressed that their situation could not get any worse.
She was at rock bottom. Her long-term love affair was breaking up and so was she.
3. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]
A rock-bottom price or level is a very low one, mainly in advertisements.
[approval]
What they do offer is a good product at a rock-bottom price.
rock bottom in British English
noun
a.
the lowest possible level
b.
(as modifier)
rock-bottom prices
rock-bottom in British English
(ˌrɒkˈbɒtəm)
adjective
extremely low; lowest-possible
television sets at rock-bottom prices
What they do offer is a good product at a rock-bottom price.
rock bottom in American English
US
the lowest level or point; very bottom
Derived forms
rock-bottom (ˈrock-ˈbottom) (ˈrɑkˈbɑtəm)
adjective
Examples of 'rock bottom' in a sentence
rock bottom
Fewer soggy bottoms and more tales of hitting rock bottom.
The Sun (2016)
In four years' time when prices hit rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
I thought we had hit rock bottom after the Euros in the summer.
The Sun (2016)
They say you have to reach rock bottom before you can make real change change.
The Sun (2012)
Over the past year our relationship has hit rock bottom.
The Sun (2012)
Reaching rock bottom enabled her to build back up again.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Many potential buyers are also waiting until they feel prices have hit rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Is it fair to say you hit rock bottom?
The Sun (2010)
His business hit rock bottom and she received a timely inheritance.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
But things have reached rock bottom.
The Sun (2006)
After a sharp decline, the club had hit rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Confidence in the Government has reached rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The biggest risk is that such areas haven't hit rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
A place celebrities go at rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
I just pray she has reached rock bottom and will accept help.
The Sun (2006)
I felt we had reached rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
I saw rock bottom without necessarily hitting it.
The Sun (2013)
I hit rock bottom and took an overdose.
The Sun (2012)
The more you detach yourself and give up trying to control his drinking, the faster he will reach rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
JUST when Derby fans feel their team has reached rock bottom they plumb new depths.
The Sun (2008)
Strictly speaking, the 23-year-old was two steps off rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Six months ago, Detroit reached rock bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Until you have hit rock bottom, though, there is no one to catch you.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
He said: 'I was broke and reached rock bottom.
The Sun (2010)
Unless you've hit rock bottom, no one understands how you feel.
The Sun (2015)
She said: 'I hit rock bottom.
The Sun (2012)
In fact, it is not until this period that some husbands and wives reach rock bottom and begin to recognize the emotional poverty of their marriage.
Larson, Reed & Richards, Maryse H. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents (1994)
But finding banks that are willing to sell at rock-bottom prices might be a step too far.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
What they do offer is a good product at a rock-bottom price.
Piercy, Nigel Market-led Strategic Change (1991)
They are also being tempted by rock-bottom prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
This could mean the end of rock-bottom mortgage deals and easy credit.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
BEAT the crunch and enjoy two nights away for two at a rock-bottom price.
The Sun (2009)
Unless your heart lifts at the thought of rock-bottom prices, this is not a joyful experience.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
That may be the best hope passengers have of keeping prices down, if not at rock-bottom.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
And last but not least is that rare thing, a decent wine at a rock-bottom price.
The Sun (2008)
And foreign investors will be keen to pounce, taking advantage of rock-bottom house prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Having successfully battled its debt mountain, the housebuilder now aims to snap up land at rock-bottom prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The rock-bottom club 's first home league success this season saw them close the gap for survival to eight points.
The Sun (2016)
Driven by the economic downturn and migration of youngsters to cities, entire villages are being sold at rock-bottom prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
This year might be different, as rock-bottom oil prices and giddy predictions of record profits mean the airlines have cash to spend.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Some of the world's biggest energy companies are stockpiling the nuclear fuel used to power reactors as they try to capitalise on rock-bottom uranium prices.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
In other languages
rock bottom
British English: rock bottom NOUN
If something has reached rock bottom, it is at such a low level that it cannot go any lower.
American English: rock bottom
Brazilian Portuguese: fundo do poço
Chinese: 最低谷
European Spanish: nivel mínimo
French: fond du trou
German: Tiefpunkt
Italian: fondo
Japanese: どん底
Korean: 밑바닥
European Portuguese: fundo do poço
Latin American Spanish: nivel mínimo
British English: rock bottom ADJECTIVE
A rock-bottom price or level is a very low one, mainly in advertisements.
What they do offer is a good product at a rock-bottom price.