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deoptimizing

deoptimizing is the present participle and gerund of deoptimize.

Meaning of deoptimize

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.

Questions about deoptimizing

What is deoptimizing the present participle and gerund of?
Deoptimizing is the present participle and gerund of deoptimize.

Words near deoptimizing in the dictionary

  1. deoptimize
  2. deoptimized
  3. deoptimizer
  4. deoptimizers
  5. deoptimizes
  6. deoptimizing
  7. deoralisation
  8. deoralisations
  9. deoralization
  10. deoralizations
  11. deorbit

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