Meanings
- colloquialnot comparableLeast bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.
1 more example
For many people, after reading all the manifestos and watching all the party political broadcasts, and browsing all the party websites, and enduring all the TV debates, they've decided that not a single one of the parties speaks to them, and they don't unhate the least worst one enough to give them a tactical vote.
2015 April 27, “Is there a good reason for NOT voting?”, in Jay Foreman (video), retrieved 27 Apr 2015
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least worst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/least%20worst
“least worst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/least%20worst. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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