The phrase "a worst case situation" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the most unfavorable or adverse outcome in a given scenario.
Example: "In a worst case situation, we may have to evacuate the entire area to ensure everyone's safety."
Alternatives: "a worst-case scenario" or "the most unfavorable outcome".
I knew that my and Tesla's resources could not also cover the Model S deposits in a worst case situation.
A quadratic criterion combining both control and diagnosis aims is developed in a worst case situation according to model uncertainties and disturbances.
The algorithm was shown to provide a reliable performance also in a worst case situation where the search for the optimum is initialized on a point very far from its final destination.
Note that the performance gap with respect to a central solver is always below a 1% error, which is an impressive performance considering that we are dealing with a worst case situation, and that we are approaching the problem in distributed form with a severe network partitioning.
It seems rather unlikely that the pH value of seepage water in typical agricultural soils reaches pH values low enough to dissolve CdS taking into consideration that the artificial rain water used in this experiment has a higher acidity (pH approx. 3) than natural rain water to simulate a worst case situation and that the sandy soil sample has quite a small buffering capacity for acids.
Mr. Wilbur's story may be a worst-case situation.
In such a worst-case situation, the recession could become even worse.
In a worst-case situation, Italy might possibly be even forced to abandon the euro.
The term often refers to a worst-case situation rather than a likelihood.
Commissioner Roger Goodell, in a meeting with reporters Thursday, called the figure a worst-case situation.
That is an additional shortcoming most investors share — the failure to anticipate and prevent damage from a worst-case situation.
