1The smallest possible amount or degree; the minimum or lower limit of something.
この作業には最低でも三人必要だ。
This task requires at least three people.
追加の入金は最低一万円から受け付けています。
Additional deposits are accepted from a minimum of 10,000 yen.
最低賃金が来年度から少し引き上げられるらしい。
It seems the minimum wage will be raised a little starting next fiscal year.
2Describing someone's character or behavior as thoroughly contemptible; used colloquially to condemn a person as "the worst."
彼の裏切りは本当に最低だと思う。
I really think his betrayal was despicable.
そんな嘘をつくなんて最低だよ。
Telling a lie like that is just awful of you.
デートに来て携帯ばかり見ている人って最低だと思わない?
Don't you think it's the worst when someone comes on a date and just stares at their phone?
3Giving an unpleasant, disgusting impression; used of a state of affairs, similar in nuance to "terrible" or "filthy."
彼の部屋は最低に汚かった。
His room was disgustingly filthy.
その日のホテルの対応は最低だった。
The hotel's service that day was terrible.
4Used adverbially to mean "at the very least" or "at minimum," often as a colloquial shortening of 最低でも.
最低、明日の朝までには返事をください。
Please reply by tomorrow morning at the very least.
最低、約束だけは守ってほしい。
At the very least, I want you to keep your promise.