"least preferred option" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe the least desirable of a set of options. For example, "Out of all the available job opportunities, taking the position at the factory was my least preferred option."
The same report said that the "complete withdrawal from the EU is the least preferred option of London companies".
A minority government was Key's "least preferred option", but he would be happy to do it, he told TV3's The Nation.
Our findings demonstrate that in all context no automation is the least preferred option.
Findings obtained reveal that a combination of recycling and energy recovery is required to achieve European targets, with landfilling being viewed as the least preferred option.
The policy alternative with the highest score is the most preferred option, while the alternative with the lowest score is the least preferred option.
The least preferred option was using the internet or digital TV.
"The two least preferred options, which were almost equally unpopular, were a 'no-action' option to let nature take its course with the disease, and trans-genetics which would introduce a gene from another plant or animal into native ash trees," she said.
However, the mothers' responses in Q1 and Q4-Q6 showed that these approaches were the least preferred options.
Devices were ranked in order from 1 (preferred choice) to 4 (least preferred choice).
Landfilling was found as the most used option in scenarios and was found as the least preferred MSWM option by 70% of the reported LCAs.
If \ \preceq\) is complete and transitive over \(S\), then the options in \(S\) can be put in an order, from the most to the least preferred, where some options may fall in the same position (if they are deemed equally desirable) but where there are no cycles or loops.
