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单词 suboptimal
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suboptimaladj.

Brit. /ˌsʌbˈɒptᵻml/, U.S. /ˈˌsəbˈɑptəm(ə)l/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sub- prefix, optimal adj.
Etymology: < sub- prefix + optimal adj. Compare suboptimum adj.
Originally Biology.
Less than optimal; = suboptimum adj.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective] > not the best
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1901 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 4 477 If the stimulation is sub-optimal, the animal will seek the source of light.
1922 Biol. Bull. July 1 Some organisms..are hardy and tolerant of suboptimal conditions.
1980 Sci. Amer. Sept. 134/1 India remains a case of stunted, suboptimal growth, burdened as it is with the world's largest single national mass of poverty and unemployment.
2002 M. Daisey 21 Dog Years viii. 100 Your performance is still suboptimal, Michael... It simply isn't adequate.

Derivatives

subˈoptimally adv. in a suboptimal manner.
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the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adverb] > in manner that is not the best
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1901 Amer. Jrnl. Physiol. 4 478 The supra-optimally stimulated organism moves from the source, the sub-optimally stimulated one moves towards the source, of light.
1992 D. Heymann in A. Vercelli & N. Dimitri Macroeconomics xii. 342 Under these conditions, the deficit can well be ‘suboptimally’ high.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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