suboptimal
Example Sentences
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After three suboptimal innings, Glasnow settled down in a trust-building exercise of an outing against the Giants and their triple A-caliber lineup.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Their point anchors his own: Evolution has no plan, settles for good enough and leaves the suboptimal everywhere.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
But in the past, when the two metrics have gotten close to these levels, suboptimal returns have followed, regardless of where valuations stood.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 14, 2026
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
“Okay. Sorry. That was extremely suboptimal of me just now. Are you angry?”
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
