all-time
adjEtymology From all + time.
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Of all time; unsurpassed up to the present time.
- Sales have reached an all-time low, so the business may have to declare bankruptcy.
- And the Premier League's all-time top-goalscoring midfielder proved he has not lost the knack of being in the right place at the right time with a trio of clinical finishes.2011 October 2, Jonathan Jurejko, “Bolton 1 - 5 Chelsea”, in BBC Sport:
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- During the 1960s and 1970s, when both the quality of architecture and the appreciation of historic buildings reached an all-time low, British Railways was notorious for replacing good station buildings and canopies with little more than bus shelters, usually in conjunction with de-staffing.2020 December 2, Anthony Lambert, “Reimagining Railway Stations”, in Rail, page 38:
- Derived terms
- all-timer