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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In the world of Eraserhead, the first feature of David Lynch, everything is emphatically not fine: Strange industrial noises fill the soundtrack, all efforts at human connection go awry, and worst of all, our hero has fathered a disgusting inhuman creature the wriggles and oozes all over its crib.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
One game after being badly embarrassed on the offensive end in Minnesota, the Lakers were clobbered on the other end in Miami — their body language, their lack of energy and worst of all, their general lack of fight all reasons for serious concern.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
But perhaps worst of all, Amazon has attempted to block my co-workers and I from exercising our rights.
—Rubie Mosqueda, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
But worst of all, the Patriots sidelined their own strength.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Nov. 2024
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
One game after being badly embarrassed on the offensive end in Minnesota, the Lakers were clobbered on the other end in Miami — their body language, their lack of energy and worst of all, their general lack of fight all reasons for serious concern.
—Austin Knoblauch, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
But perhaps worst of all, Amazon has attempted to block my co-workers and I from exercising our rights.
—Rubie Mosqueda, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
But worst of all, the Patriots sidelined their own strength.
—Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Worst of all.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worst%20of%20all. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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