Cunning linguists
Least bad or least worst?
Abcd3 · 30/04/2019 19:11
Which of these do you think is correct? Thank you! :)
MullofKintire · 30/04/2019 19:13
‘least bad’
or how about ‘best available option’ ?
Chewysmum · 09/10/2019 19:09
Agree, least worst is a contradiction in terms and makes no sense whatsoever. Least bad sort of makes sense but it would be more correct to say something like "best of a bad bunch" or even "least terrible" or "least awful" sound better than "least bad".
whyamidoingthis · 09/10/2019 19:13
It can't be least worst because worst is just that. There is nothing worse than it.
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