worst-case scenarios
Dread-filled contingency planning
Worst-case scenarios are the most unfavorable outcomes that could plausibly occur in a given situation.
The phrase appears in planning and risk assessment, where anticipating disasters helps prepare for them: We need to plan for worst-case scenarios.
Often used loosely to mean simply bad possibilities rather than truly the worst imaginable.
- business continuitySustaining operations through crises
- contingencyUncertain possible event
- disasterSudden ruinous event
- emergencySerious sudden danger
- apocalypseTotal civilizational collapse
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Most favorable potential results
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