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least-worst

adjective

  1. informalbad but better than any available alternative

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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And he told the inquiry: "It's the least-worst decision that could have been taken at the time."

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Scott Lyons, Norfolk Branch secretary of the National Education Union, said while not ideal, the plan may be the least-worst option.

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"The difficulty of this election is that none of the choices is clear-cut on the issues, so the challenge for us voters is to choose the least-worst option," a businessman in central Jakarta told the BBC.

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"We'd never want to do that, but what we're looking at is the least-worst option for them."

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In 1975, Harper’s Magazine ranked Seattle the “least-worst city” in the country.

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