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suboptimal

[suhb-op-tuh-muhl] / sʌbˈɒp tə məl /


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Speaking recently to the No Laying Up podcast, USGA's John Bodenhamer, the man responsible for course set-up this year accepted the previous conditions had been suboptimal but insisted they had "learned a lot".

From BBC Jun. 18, 2026

“Individual stories of altered and suboptimal miscarriage management emerged quickly in the days following Dobbs, including several overtly tragic examples,” he said.

From Salon May 26, 2026

Italy's second-biggest bank decided to make the move "because we felt that to continue to stall was a suboptimal situation for both," he told analysts on a call.

From Barron's Mar. 16, 2026

Without fiduciaries serving as a buffer between the participant and the market, investments will be suboptimal.

From MarketWatch Feb. 10, 2026

“Okay. Sorry. That was extremely suboptimal of me just now. Are you angry?”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart



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