less-than-optimal

But Florman says his hospital successfully flies in livers from Florida that hospitals there turn down as less-than-optimal – because, say, the donor was elderly – meaning better organs should have no problem.

How Long Do You Have To Wait For A Liver Transplant? Depends On Where You Live AP 2011

In primary ovarian insufficiency, "there probably is a period of time where there is less-than-optimal ovarian function but not absence of ovarian function," says Paula Hillard, a Stanford University OB/GYN and board member of Rachel's Well, a POI advocacy group.

Don't say 'early menopause,' it's primary ovarian insufficiency 2010

Obviously, this is a less-than-optimal state of affairs on face.

No Data, Please, We’re Americans 2009

And often less-than-optimal organs go to waste, because of restrictions on when hospitals can take a chance with them, adds Dr. Thomas Fishbein of Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., another hard-hit area.

How Long Do You Have To Wait For A Liver Transplant? Depends On Where You Live AP 2011

But Florman says his hospital successfully flies in livers from Florida that hospitals there turn down as less-than-optimal — because, say, the donor was elderly — meaning better organs should have no problem.

Where you live drives wait for liver transplants 2011

Scott Johns, a Denver-based former Air Force pilot and accident safety investigator who reviewed photos and other information about the incident, said it appeared the crew might have been in a less-than-optimal position on approach.

Guyana airport being upgraded at time of crash 2011

• EFFICIENT, inexpensive to comply with and doesn't cause less-than-optimal business decisions for tax minimization purposes

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Family-law practitioners and legal experts say mothers and fathers in custody lawsuits are increasingly hurling accusations at each other about the nutrition and obesity of their children, largely in attempts to persuade judges that their kids are getting less-than-optimal care in the hands of ex- and soon-to-be-ex-spouses.

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Scott Johns, a Denver-based former Air Force pilot and accident safety investigator who reviewed photos and other information about the incident, said it appeared the crew might have been in a less-than-optimal position on approach.

Guyana airport being upgraded at time of crash 2011

And often less-than-optimal organs go to waste, because of restrictions on when hospitals can take a chance with them, adds Dr. Thomas Fishbein of Georgetown University Hospital in Washington, D.C., another hard-hit area.

Where you live drives wait for liver transplants 2011