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sub-optimal

adjective

Meaning

  1. Worse than optimal.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

submaximum(English)sub-par(English)sub-extremal(English)sub-standard(English)deoptimised(English)unadequate(English)subfunctioning(English)unequivalent(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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