Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In biology, concerning or pertaining to a suboptimum.
Wiktionary
- adj. Less than optimal.
Etymologies
- sub- + optimal. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“So, no matter what compensation scheme is planned (except for slavery), doctors who want to maximize their revenues while minimizing work hours can always find a way to do so that will result in suboptimal outcomes for patients and payors.”
“You can disagree with me, but don't act as if I have not already pointed out several reasons why being suboptimal is not an excuse to outlaw something.”
“What one needs to explain suboptimal design is a reason.”
“I don't think that it is "suboptimal" for someone to live off his nest egg rather than buying an annuity.”
Defending Social Security, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
“A system that mostly offers what Arianna Huffington calls "suboptimal" compromises, hardly real solutions, invites stalemates that breed extremes.”
“I always get a kick out of the 'suboptimal' arguments.”
“Friedman put it, America is only able to produce 'suboptimal”
“Linus expanded on the statement, "evolution often does odd (and 'suboptimal') things exactly because it does incremental changes that DO NOT BREAK at any point.”
“This disturbing and destructive state of affairs has created a country that is, in the words of Tom Friedman, "only able to produce 'suboptimal' responses to its biggest problems.”
Arianna Huffington: Health Care Reform: Sifting Through the Suboptimal Solutions
“Earlier this year, he called the funds 'performance "suboptimal" and said improving them would be a "major focus.”
The Wall Street Journal: Morgan Stanley Tries to See What Sticks
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘suboptimal’.
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How low can you go?
A list of words that does the opposite of raising the bar
underscore, underwear, underachiever, underrated, underbite, undercapitalization, undercharged, underfloor, underground, underexposed, underfed, underboss and 105 more...
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intueri's Words
inveigle, dolorous, archly, feckless, resplendent, concatenation, peripatetic, delightful, cookie, fey, ephemeral, effervescent and 347 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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Keeping Secrets
Words of 10 letters, all different, can be used for encrypting, pretty securely, such things as PINs and passwords. The fly in the ointment, for me, in keeping track of them is I've got to write '...
lumberjack, birthplace, whiskeybar, vanquished, metaphysic, precaution, quizmaster, dumbwaiter, thumbscrew, blacksmith, wholegrain, wanderlust and 105 more...
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Wort des Jahres
"Ausgewählt werden Wörter und Ausdrücke, die die öffentliche Diskussion des betreffenden Jahres besonders bestimmt haben, die für wichtige Themen stehen oder sonst als charakteristisch erschei...
black-out, lauschangriff, entsorgung, sympathisant, terrorismus, terrorist, szene, single, disco, schlümpfe, rooming-in, geisterfahrer and 265 more...
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biological
( personal list, randomness )
http://www.wordnik.com/lists/dead--1
related external links:
hypermobility, amphibious, immortality, cybernetic, endothelium, hyperform, biodiversity, adaptation, thermoregulation, ecophysiology, ectothermic, endothermic and 93 more... -
bertilak's Words
antidisestablishm..., feldercarb, wainscoting, eleemosynary, oxymoron, fuliginous, libration, lammergeier, saxifrage, ichor, lambent, smaragdine and 414 more...
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As soon as I finish this chapter
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procrastination, drily, rheumatism, rheum, suint, tiresome, wearisome, tiring, suboptimal, subpar, subprime, grange and 190 more...
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gebsns Worte (german)
Die Liste der Lieblingsworte, die ich regelmässig ans Ende meiner Blogeinträge zu setzen pflege. Blog? Ja, nämlich da: http://gebsn.twoday.net
fallwild, bettruhe, poussieren, picheln, (der) simpel, niedervoltunfug, klempnerfalte, sintemalen, schamottriese, pischern, palaver, rossig and 162 more...
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simple & useful 14
fabrication, parapet, transverse, erecting, dimpled, blistering, epoxy, scrubbable, immersion, puttying, sandpapered, stippled and 65 more...
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neologisms & personal vernacular
some of these are actual words with widespread usage, but I use them heavily or to mean something slightly different than everyone else. Common slang is thrown in here too.
truthiness, wikiality, cearth, foodstuffsyay, showerize, ugly-cute, lackage, gnap, procrastishower, suboptimal, highly nontrivial, drink the koolaid and 3 more...
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stuttermonkey's Words
disremember, suboptimal, windowsill, pickle, package, hagiography, historiography, petitio principii, ampersand, perseveration, peloton, cruft and 25 more...
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