This is one that even journalists often get wrong. It is often used to mean the very top or best. Incorrect usage would be, “The new bridge was the penultimate in bridge design”. Penultimate actually means “next to the bottom or worst”.
Penultimate (1/10)
Rex Trulove
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Not familiar with this one!
That’s very interesting!
I heard the term used incorrectly just a couple of days ago…by a major news media.
Thank you once again for the meaning of this word.
This is another case of people using the word without really knowing what it means.