Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

last resort

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.36 in modern English

Syllables: last re-sort
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The only remaining, often least desirable, option when all others have been excluded.

Example Sentences

"I wouldn't recommend doing surgery on yourself, unless it is a last resort."
"The present writer was once asked to name what he considered to be "the most typically English railway approach to a town": a somewhat tall order, especially as such matters will always be, in the last resort, of individual opinion. But the unhesitating answer to this question (which has not been altered after many years of extended travel throughout England) was "Sudbury, in Suffolk.""
""Only as an absolute last resort will we carry out enforcement in the form of fines. We are sure that the public will want to be responsible and do their part to protect others by wearing face coverings.""

Inflected Forms

last resorts (plural)

Phrases

court of last resort drug of last resort lender of last resort desperate times call for desperate measures in extremis last-ditch last gasp last stand

Frequently Paired Words

desperate times call for desperate measures in extremis last-ditch last gasp last stand

Synonyms

last refuge pis aller

Questions

What does last resort mean?: The only remaining, often least desirable, option when all others have been excluded.

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