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deoptimize

deoptimize verb: to make less than optimal.

Verb

deoptimize (third-person singular simple present deoptimizes, present participle deoptimizing, simple past and past participle deoptimized)

  1. (transitive) To make less than optimal.
  2. (transitive) To reverse a previous optimization, typically when the assumptions that made it valid prove to be incorrect.

Forms of deoptimize

third-person singular presentdeoptimizes
present participledeoptimizing
past participledeoptimized
pastdeoptimized

Origin of deoptimize

From de- + optimize.

Questions about deoptimize

What does deoptimize mean?
Deoptimize means to make less than optimal.
What part of speech is deoptimize?
Deoptimize is a verb.
What is the past tense of deoptimize?
The past tense of deoptimize is deoptimized.

Words near deoptimize in the dictionary

  1. deoptimisation
  2. deoptimisations
  3. deoptimised
  4. deoptimization
  5. deoptimizations
  6. deoptimize
  7. deoptimized
  8. deoptimizer
  9. deoptimizers
  10. deoptimizes
  11. deoptimizing

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