underoptimize

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verb

To optimize to an inadequate degree.

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Meanings

verbunderoptimize (third-person singular simple present underoptimizes, present participle underoptimizing, simple past and past participle underoptimized)

present singular third person underoptimizes · participle present underoptimizing · participle past underoptimized · past underoptimized

  1. To optimize to an inadequate degree.

Origin

From under- + optimize.

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APA

underoptimize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underoptimize

MLA

“underoptimize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underoptimize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underoptimize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underoptimize.

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