Definition of Suboptimal

1. Adjective. Less than optimal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suboptimal

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suboptimal

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suboccipital
subocean
suboceanic
subocular
suboffice
subofficer
subofficers
suboffices
subohmic
subopercula
subopercular
suboperculars
suboperculum
suboptic
suboptimal (current term)
suboptimality
suboptimally
suboptimisation
suboptimisations
suboptimization
suboptimizations
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suboptimized
suboptimizes
suboptimizing
suboptimum
suboption
suboptions
suboral

Literary usage of Suboptimal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Evaluating Technology for New Farming Systems: Case Studies from Philippine by Colin Barlow, S. K. Jayasuriya, Edwin C. Price (1983)
"... spreading of activities over time, and an accordingly greater use of resources in periods of relatively lower opportunity cost. suboptimal choices ..."

2. Student Aid and Postsecondary Tax Preferences: Limited Research Exists on by Michael Brostek, Cornelia M. Ashby (2005)
"Some tax filers making these decisions failed to realize larger reductions in their tax liabilities—10 percent of suboptimal tuition deduction claimants ..."

3. American Marten, Fisher, Lynx, and Wolverine: Survey Methods for Their Detection by William J. Zielinski, Thomas E. Kucera (1998)
"As population density increases in northern regions, hares begin dispersing into suboptimal and marginal habitats. When predator populations have crashed ..."

4. Tables Rondes Cemt No. 135 Tarification Des Infrastructures de Transport Et by Ocde (2007)
"Ceci va dans le sens de ce qui a déjà été dit au sujet de l'inégalité du péage suboptimal (15a) et des coûts marginaux externes de la route T. En résumé, ..."

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