least worst

adjective

Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives.

Meanings

adjectiveleast worst (not comparable)
  1. 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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APA

least worst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/least%20worst

MLA

“least worst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/least%20worst. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “least worst,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/least%20worst.

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