The phrase "assumed worst" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a situation where the most negative outcome is anticipated or considered.
Example: "In planning for the project, we prepared for the assumed worst to ensure we were ready for any challenges."
Alternatives: "worst-case scenario" or "anticipated worst outcome".
It was concluded that a broad range of conservation tools are available to agriculture to offset projected future increases in soil erosion by water even under assumed worst case climate change scenarios in Central Oklahoma.
Due to the assumed worst case scenario and the strict required GoS, the capacity left for the common pool partition is significantly reduced for both HPS and CA-FEI schemes.
At it's simplest, you identify the assumed worst and best case scenarios.
We also adopted the sequential best worst decision rule; we assumed worst and best were opposites and also chosen one after the other (that is, participants chose best and then worst).
For sensitivity testing, item-by-item analyses were then performed assuming worst case and best case scenarios.
Surprisingly, the expectation that assuming worst case scenarios and hostile intentions from others would predict reactive aggression was not confirmed by the present study.
Without reliable estimates, they have to assume worst-case scenarios, which often means being overly conservative.
Existing approaches assume worst-case clock drift, and so must conservatively wait for minutes before starting an application.
Performance characteristics of cooling modules are obtained from tests under steady-state conditions, and analysis methods assume worst-case heat loads, which leads to cooling package over-design.
[3]], the tendency is to either overlook the effects of impreciseness or to simplify the issue of impreciseness by assuming worst-case values.
Usually policymakers in a strategic military environment will assume worst-case scenario.
