suboptimal
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"Many older adults in suboptimal health often continue to make valuable contributions to those around them," Han said, "and they also may be the ones to especially benefit from being provided with opportunities to help."
From Science Daily
Also in support was Saban’s fellow commentator Kirk Herbstreit, who at least acknowledged the situation would be suboptimal, but felt Kiffin should be allowed to complete “a magical year.”
Rather, it is likely a combination of perverse incentives and suboptimal policies.
From Barron's
There were some things resulting from that that were suboptimal for the rest of the weekend.
From BBC
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.
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