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suboptimal

[suhb-op-tuh-muhl] / sʌbˈɒp tə məl /


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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.”

From The Wall Street Journal

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Lopez’s ubiquity confronted them with two suboptimal choices: either acknowledge a history of racial homogeneity or pretend to have always been butt boosters.

From Salon