ill-conditioned

adjective

Having a high condition number.

Meanings

adjectiveill-conditioned (comparative more ill-conditioned, superlative most ill-conditioned)

comparative more ill-conditioned · superlative most ill-conditioned

  1. numerical analysisHaving a high condition number.
  2. In a poor condition.
    1 more example

    “But it was far otherwise wid the remainin' one, which was the ouldest; he was the most miserable, ugly, ill-conditioned brat that ivir God put life into: he was so ill thriven, that he was nivir able to stand alone or to lave his cradle; he had long, shaggy, matted, curly hair, as black as the sut; his face was uv a greenish yollow colour[.]”

    1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 522
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