overoptimize

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verb

To optimize excessively.

“Overoptimizing the source code of a computer program may yield insignificant performance gains while making it difficult to read and maintain.”

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Meanings

verboveroptimize (third-person singular simple present overoptimizes, present participle overoptimizing, simple past and past participle overoptimized)

present singular third person overoptimizes · participle present overoptimizing · participle past overoptimized · past overoptimized

  1. To optimize excessively.

    Overoptimizing the source code of a computer program may yield insignificant performance gains while making it difficult to read and maintain.

Origin

From over- + optimize.

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APA

overoptimize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overoptimize

MLA

“overoptimize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overoptimize. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overoptimize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overoptimize.

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