: the lowest or most fundamental part or level
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Examples of rock-bottom in a Sentence
Adjective
rock-bottom prices on home electronics
Noun
After years of heavy drug use, she has finally reached rock bottom.
Their marriage has hit rock bottom.
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Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Decades of deflation and rock-bottom interest rates at banks have encouraged Japanese households to keep relatively large amounts of their savings in cash.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 3 July 2024
Michael Reid, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2015
Despite these real challenges – and the constant refrain that the Caribbean nation has hit rock bottom – Haitians are adept at meeting crises head on.
—Websder Corneille, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
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Adjective
But prices started rising again last year as homeowners increasingly chose not to sell, unwilling to give up rock-bottom mortgage rates on loans taken out before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Andrew Khouri, Los Angeles Times, 10 July 2024
Decades of deflation and rock-bottom interest rates at banks have encouraged Japanese households to keep relatively large amounts of their savings in cash.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune Asia, 3 July 2024
Noun
Now, however, Rousseff finds herself in a much weaker position, with the Brazilian economy in recession and her popularity at home at rock bottom.
—Michael Reid, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2015
Despite these real challenges – and the constant refrain that the Caribbean nation has hit rock bottom – Haitians are adept at meeting crises head on.
—Websder Corneille, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 June 2024
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“Rock-bottom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rock-bottom. Accessed 15 Jul. 2024.
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