least worst in English

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      "expansion": "least worst (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "glosses": [
        "Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "unsatisfactory",
          "unsatisfactory"
        ],
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "least worst"
}

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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "least worst (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
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  "pos": "adj",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bad",
          "bad"
        ],
        [
          "best",
          "best"
        ],
        [
          "unsatisfactory",
          "unsatisfactory"
        ],
        [
          "alternative",
          "alternative"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) Least bad; the best among unsatisfactory alternatives."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "least worst"
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"least worst" meaning in English

Adjective