What does "low point" mean?

A nadir; the time when things are at their worst.

What is a synonym for "low point"?

Common synonyms include: bottomed, bottoming, local minima, local minimum, low, nadir.

Low point

noun

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Noun

1
A nadir; the time when things are at their worst.
"The low point of Carsley's time in charge, which will end after the Uefa Nations League meeting with the Republic Of Ireland at Wembley on Sunday, was the fiasco of the home defeat to Greece in October, a loss mainly engineered by his own madcap, non-striker, team selection."
2
The lowest position that something attains.

Synonyms

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bottomed bottoming local minima local minimum low nadir

Antonyms

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peak bloom most turning-point acme acmes

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"The low point of Carsley's time in charge, which will end after the Uefa Nations League meeting with the Republic Of Ireland at Wembley on Sunday, was the fiasco of the home defeat to Greece in October, a loss mainly engineered by his own madcap, non-striker, team selection."

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