Below you will find example sentences with "worst case". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.
Worst Case in a sentence
Corpus data
- Displayed example sentences: 20
- Discovered as a combination around: case
- Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
- Phrase length: 2 words
- Average sentence length: 27.1 words
Sentence profile
- Phrase position: 8 start, 6 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis
- The phrase "worst case" has 2 words and usually appears near the start in these examples. The average sentence has 27.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
- Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as a devastating worst case scenario, as the worst case, best, scenario and average stand out.
- In the phrase index, this combination connects with confirmed case, rape case and case involving, linking the page to nearby combinations.
Example types with worst case
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Best case and worst case heights Let h be the height of the classic B-tree. (16 words)
In any case, all those jobs can only mean cash for us, right, in the worst case. (17 words)
Contingency costs could increase the overall spend by a further £30 million in a worst case scenario. (17 words)
The problem is that in despotic totalitarian dictatorship there is nobody who can say "hey CCP wait a second this is a complete lie" That would mean jail in best case, worst case nobody will ever see this person again. (40 words)
Here methods like random self-reducibility can be used for some specific problems to show that the worst case is no harder than the average case, or, equivalently, that the average case is no easier than the worst case. (39 words)
In terms of moves, merge sort's worst case complexity is (n log n)—the same complexity as quicksort's best case, and merge sort's best case takes about half as many iterations as the worst case. (38 words)
Example sentences (20)
Here methods like random self-reducibility can be used for some specific problems to show that the worst case is no harder than the average case, or, equivalently, that the average case is no easier than the worst case.
In terms of moves, merge sort's worst case complexity is (n log n)—the same complexity as quicksort's best case, and merge sort's best case takes about half as many iterations as the worst case.
While it uses more memory (n 2 slots for n entries, in the worst case and n × k slots in the average case), this variant has guaranteed constant worst-case lookup time, and low amortized time for insertion.
For this analysis we’ll give a range of values giving us a base case, worst case, and best case.
The judge described the sentence, the maximum allowed, as "totally inadequate for a case such as this," and that the case was "the worst case I have ever tried".
In any case, all those jobs can only mean cash for us, right, in the worst case.
She said the worst case scenario for her business was an estimated $3 million loss in revenue from exports to China, with the best case around half that.
The problem is that in despotic totalitarian dictatorship there is nobody who can say "hey CCP wait a second this is a complete lie" That would mean jail in best case, worst case nobody will ever see this person again.
Best case and worst case heights Let h be the height of the classic B-tree.
The worst case is when the value is not in the list (or occurs only once at the end of the list), in which case n comparisons are needed.
The worst case occurs when all nodes in a colored binary tree are black, the best case occurs when only a third of them are black (and the other two thirds are red nodes).
Contingency costs could increase the overall spend by a further £30 million in a worst case scenario.
For us, but especially for the people of northwestern Syria, this is a devastating worst case scenario.
From fashion models to a vomit-soaked yacht to a worst case scenario survival situation, every turn the movie takes will leave you shocked — and more than a few will have you laughing out loud.
In a worst case scenario, H5N1 or another virus could mutate in a mink and infect a human — and this is why many experts believe fur-producing facilities such as mink farms should be abolished.
In Basildon, senior councillors have been liaising with police over contingency plans in the worst case scenario – however, they stress they do not “anticipate” violence.
In court, the judge described the relationship as “the worst case of coercive and controlling behaviour I have seen”.
Of course, the worst case scenario is that Crist turns on Callihan and joins the ice cold Design faction.
So, in the worst case, were I to be blacklisted, I could try and find something new to do.
The 27-year-old has made it clear he will not hold out and said his “worst case” is returning to L.A. and playing out his deal.