: the lowest or most fundamental part or level
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Examples of rock-bottom in a Sentence
Adjective
rock-bottom prices on home electronics
Noun
After years of heavy drug use, she has finally reached rock bottom.
Their marriage has hit rock bottom.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The number of people filing jobless claims has remained at rock-bottom levels.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The highs have been to the moon, the lows at rock bottom.
—Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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Adjective
The latter explains why what are known as cookie grabber pages are among the most expensive seen on these criminal marketplaces, with $400 being a rock-bottom cost.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
The number of people filing jobless claims has remained at rock-bottom levels.
—Courtenay Brown, Axios, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
Sales of existing homes have also fallen significantly since January 2022, a time when interest rates were at rock bottom, when 6.43 million homes were sold, according to the NAR figures.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
The highs have been to the moon, the lows at rock bottom.
—Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 24 Nov. 2024
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“Rock-bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock-bottom. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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