suboptimal

Example Sentences

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‘In the past, celebrity endorsements have often pushed people toward suboptimal financial products. MrBeast could be fine, but the emergence of finfluencers bears watching.’

From MarketWatch • Mar. 17, 2026

Rather, it is likely a combination of perverse incentives and suboptimal policies.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

There were some things resulting from that that were suboptimal for the rest of the weekend.

From BBC • Nov. 25, 2025

On a more quotidian basis, my physicians simply ignore a lot of what I say and, of course, they can’t be expected to remember everything about every patient, opening the door to various suboptimal consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

“Cadence! I really need to just start over. This is going from suboptimal down to total crap.”

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart