Definition of "last-place" []

• Lowest in rank or importance (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "In keeping with the notion of "last-place aversion", the people who were a spot away from the bottom were the most likely to give the money to the person above them: rewarding the "rich" but ensuring that someone remained poorer than themselves."
• "And the fact that the crowd seems, well, happy to cheer for their last-place team— something the Yankees will never know."
• "He has now allowed only one goal in four straight games (all wins) and was named first star in the first three games — not bad for a goalie on a last-place team."