In fact, it was probably the worst of several bad alternatives.

If not food, then drink was not a bad alternative.

"But there's a feeling that it's the best of bad alternatives."

Even if that sounds hard to imagine, it strikes us as the best of some bad alternatives.

Sometimes an argument had to be ended quickly, and there were worse alternatives.

Things are never so bad that you can't come up with an even worse alternative.

This is the only way for Greece to avoid much worse alternatives.

This would also be a considerably worse alternative from an environmental point of view.

The worst alternative, he said, would be a national primary.

The worst alternative is usually to buy less, say 300 F-22's instead of 650.