worst-case scenarionoun [ S ]
uk/ˌwɜːst.keɪs sɪˈnɑː.ri.əʊ/us/ˌwɝːst.keɪs səˈner.i.oʊ/the most unpleasant or serious thing that could happen in a situation:
The study concludes that in a worst-case scenario there might be 80,000 cases of the disease.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Difficult situations and unpleasant experiences
- a (heavy) cross to bear idiom
- a cloud on the horizon idiom
- a fate worse than death idiom
- a hard/tough row to hoe idiom
- a narrow squeak idiom
- barrel
- bind
- crunch
- curse
- eventuality
- fate
- feeding frenzy
- going
- have a bumpy ride idiom
- rum
- schtuck
- shtook
- stalemate
- standoff
- vortex
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