suboptimally
- adverb
- /sʌbˈɑptɪməli/
:
subóptimamente
- But there was also agreement that structural adjustment policies had at times been suboptimally designed and implemented.
So he's known at least in part for maybe playing suboptimally and he still wins a lot.
- So he's known at least in part for maybe playing suboptimally and he still wins a lot.
Examples
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Yet, despite current effective treatments, many patients remain suboptimally controlled.
Academic text (2017) -
One is the cost of investing suboptimally.
Academic text (1991) -
As a result, the required level of disclosure is, in their view, suboptimally high.
Academic text (1998) -
So he's known at least in part for maybe playing suboptimally and he still wins a lot.
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At the same time, however, the visual field of World of Warcraft is suboptimally configured for raiding.
Academic text (2010) -
GOG111 entry was restricted to patients with high-risk stage 3 and 4 disease who had been suboptimally debulked.
Academic text (2002) -
A recent McKinsey study reported, "Contractors install some 90 percent of HVAC equipment and insulation suboptimally, reducing efficiency by 20 to 30 percent."
Blog text (30) -
Most current CI prostheses seem to deliver adequate temporal E information but transmit TFS suboptimally.
Academic text (2012) -
Mills likewise realized only after many years into his career that peripheral vascular disease was being suboptimally treated and not adequately predicted by then available descriptors, and only then realized the need for a better disease classification system.
Academic text (2017) -
She completed the project suboptimally, missing several important guidelines.
Synonyms
9
4.7
In a way that is not enough to meet a need or standard
8
4.4
In a way that is not good enough
3
4.8
In a way that wastes time or money
1
5.6
In a way that does not meet what is needed
1
4.9
In an average way, not very good or very bad
In a way that is worse in quality or how well something works
Antonyms
How Well
Surface Forms
Morphology
suboptimally = suboptimal (transparent) = sub + optimal + ly
The adverb is formed regularly from the adjective 'suboptimal' by adding '-ly', so the base meaning is preserved.
Etymology
The word suboptimally is made of sub- meaning 'under', optimal meaning 'best', and -ly which turns it into a word that describes how something is done. So, to do something suboptimally is to do it 'below the best', or not as well as possible.