worst of all
idiom
—used to refer to the least pleasant or appealing part of something that has many bad parts
I forgot my backpack, was late for class, and worst of all, I discovered I'd studied the wrong material for the test.
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Even when testers were analyzing snowboards that didn’t blow them away, risking numb fingers, frozen toes, and, worst of all, high-speed scorpions under the chairlift for the sake of data collection, good times were had.
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Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
Hiring additional team members to fulfill every operational need can become extremely costly, but staying understaffed can lead to employee burnout, resentment, a lack of clarity in roles and, worst of all, focus displaced from the organization’s mission.
—Randy Wong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
And, worst of all, the intensity gap that Taylor highlighted before the series still seems to exist.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Over two years into Russia’s war in Ukraine have left the country and its soldiers running short of ammunition, weapons, manpower, money, and worst of all, morale.
—Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
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Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 27 Sep. 2024
Hiring additional team members to fulfill every operational need can become extremely costly, but staying understaffed can lead to employee burnout, resentment, a lack of clarity in roles and, worst of all, focus displaced from the organization’s mission.
—Randy Wong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
And, worst of all, the intensity gap that Taylor highlighted before the series still seems to exist.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2024
On Sunday’s episode of The Excerpt podcast: Over two years into Russia’s war in Ukraine have left the country and its soldiers running short of ammunition, weapons, manpower, money, and worst of all, morale.
—Shannon Rae Green, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
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“Worst of all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worst%20of%20all. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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