record low

Unprecedented bottom mark

A record low is the lowest value ever recorded for a measurement, typically temperature but also stock prices, approval ratings, or other tracked statistics: Temperatures hit a record low overnight.

The phrase functions as both noun and adjective: a record low for unemployment, record-low interest rates.

Opposite of record high.

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hit bottom · crash · freezing · temperatures · drought · decline · slump · trough · nadir · unprecedented · benchmark · statistics · thermometer · stocks · interest rates · approval rating · unemployment · inventory

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Opposites
extremity of measurement

record lowrecord high

Greatest value ever documented

all-time high · peak · all-time record · maximum · ceiling

position on scale

record lowrecord high

Greatest value ever documented

top · highest point · maximum · best ever · upper limit

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record, low, records, recorded, recording, recorder, recordings, recorders, recordable

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