used todescribeacompany,product, etc. that is the leastsuccessfulofitstype:Shipping was one of the worst-performingindustrieslastyear.(Definition ofworst-performingfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofworst-performing
worst-performingA fraction ofworst-performingrules is replaced by new rules generated through tournament selection, uniform crossover, and mutation.From theCambridge English CorpusWe also have a help team out there working with theworst-performinglocal authorities, and it is succeeding in helping to transform their performance.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Will he instead bend himself to the urgent, harder and nobler task of raising standards in ourworst-performingschools throughout the country?From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0It is an effort to drag up theworst-performinglocal authorities.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Its role will be to help and improve the performance of theworst-performingcouncils and to advise on best practice.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0On the contrary, the franchise agreements and allowances have delivered fare increases, including above-inflation increases this year on several of theworst-performinglines.From theHansard archiveExample from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0Once they make it to the show, the contestants face different tasks every week that involve singing; theworst-performingindividual is eliminated.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/worst-performing##
