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Discover LudwigThe phrase "only worse" is grammatically correct and commonly used in written English.
It is used to compare something to a negative or unfavorable situation, suggesting that the current situation is worse. Example: The situation was already bad, but when the storm hit, it was only worse.
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"Only worse".
That would make matters only worse.
It's like chewing gum, only worse.
Like lawn cuttings, only worse.
The situation grows only worse.
URUK-HAI -- Like Orcs, only worse.
Since then, things have grown only worse.
"The environment has gotten only worse.
The project's internecine politics made matters only worse.
About the only worse approach would be nothing at all.
And yet it's the same old Syria — only worse.
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