Meanings
present singular third person robustifies · participle present robustifying · participle past robustified · past robustified
- To make robust, especially (software, statistics) to make more tolerant of unexpected events.
The UI looks nice, but you'll need to robustify it before it goes into production.
1 more example
To robustify the Mincer and Zarnowitz (1969) test against instabilities, Rossi and Sekhposyan (2016) propose a fluctuation test constructed over rolling windows[.]
2024, Barbara Rossi, “Recent developments in forecast evaluation”, in Michael P. Clements, Ana Beatriz Galvão, editors, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Macroeconomic Forecasting, Edward Elgar, page 294 of 274-304Synonyms: robusticize, robustize
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo make robust, especially (software, statistics) to make more tolerant of unexpected events.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rewdʰ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁rowdʰós
- Proto-Italic*rouðosder.?
- Latinrōbus
- Latinrōbustu
- Englishrobust
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Italic*θakos
- Englishrobustify
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robustify. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/robustify
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