The phrase "after at worst" is not correct and does not make sense in written English.
It seems to be an attempt to convey a meaning related to a situation that is not expected to be worse than a certain point, but the construction is awkward.
Example: "The project will be completed by Friday, after at worst Monday."
Alternatives: "at the very least" or "at worst case".
Judge Bissell said that the company's interpretation of the plea deal was "at best a subjective view" and "at worst an after-the-fact construction," adding that the company must take the more costly route of rebuilding and retrofitting the engines to comply with emission standards at the time of the original importation.
Music is the servant of words and action: at best pushing them along, at worst chasing after them.
The jolliest of hockey sticks for the women's team, who are guaranteed a silver at worst after beating New Zealand 3-0 to march on to the final.
The Government said yesterday the ONS was "at best naïve or at worst sinister" after it released figures about foreign nationals living in Britain.
Plenty of Russian generals and diplomats of the cold-war school still see the "qualitatively new" relationship with America and Europe that Mr Putin is after as a sell-out at worst, and at best an indicator of Russia's own weakness and decline.
Here, our primary aim was to evaluate the accuracy of easily collected parameters obtained before or just after extubation in predicting the risk of post-extubation acute respiratory failure requiring, at best, noninvasive mechanical ventilation (NIV) and/or mechanical cough assistance and, at worst, reintubation after extubation.
At worst it recasts teachers as glorified after-dinner speakers.
They are, after all, at best, expressions of bewilderment, and at worst, shameless tales of adultery.
Housing options for people returning to their communities after prison are abysmal at best and nonexistent at worst.
A year after RSM the situation in Afghanistan remains precarious at best and deteriorating at worst.
