last-resortadj.
/ˌlɑːs(t)rᵻˈzɔːt/, /ˌlas(t)rᵻˈzɔːt/, U.S. /ˈlæs(t)rəˌzɔrt/, /ˈlæs(t)riˌzɔrt/ Used or adopted when there is no other option or when everything else has failed.
ΚΠ
1891 Ice & Refrigeration Sept. 157/2 Should the trouble continue and all effort to remedy prove unavailing, adopt a few last resort measures.
1913 Salt Lake Tribune 10 May 1/3 The third proposition reveals the last resort plan of the United States.
1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting 170 The pull-away should only be used as a last-resort defence.
1965 H. Kahn On Escalation i. 10 The threat of a strike or a lockout is ever present as a last-resort pressure for compromise.
1998 Zest Sept. 54/1 A last-resort treatment is an oestrogen patch that supplies the missing hormone but it can have side effects.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1891- sight-screen
- sight-seeker
- sight-seen
- sight-setter
- sight-shot
- sight-singing
- sight-slaying
- sight-staff
- sight-supporter
- sight-trouble
- sight-vane
- sight-worthiness
- sight-worthy
- sightable
- sightalidade
- sightaligner
- sightangle
- sightbeam
- sightboard
- sightchase
- sightcourt
- sighted
- sightedness
- sightening
- sighter