suboptimal
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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
Without fiduciaries serving as a buffer between the participant and the market, investments will be suboptimal.
From MarketWatch ● Feb. 10, 2026
Relying on yuan appreciation to narrow the trade surplus may be a suboptimal strategy for Beijing, economists say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
“Okay. Sorry. That was extremely suboptimal of me just now. Are you angry?”
From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart
