: the lowest or most fundamental part or level
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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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Known as Greenbelt, the law was designed to protect Florida farmland with rock-bottom tax rates but has been mastered instead by entities eyeing land for subdivisions and shopping centers.
—Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
However, due to bad money management and trusting the wrong people, Powter hit rock bottom.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Adjective
After attracting a rock-bottom 10.4 million viewers in 2021 as the COVID-19 pandemic caused theater lockdowns, the Oscar ceremony’s viewership climbed back steadily.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
Known as Greenbelt, the law was designed to protect Florida farmland with rock-bottom tax rates but has been mastered instead by entities eyeing land for subdivisions and shopping centers.
—Josh Salman, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
Downey had to fight for auditions after drug addiction caused his career to hit rock bottom.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
However, due to bad money management and trusting the wrong people, Powter hit rock bottom.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Rock-bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock-bottom. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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