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ill-conditioned

ill-conditioned adjective: having a high condition number.

Adjective

ill-conditioned (comparative more ill-conditioned, superlative most ill-conditioned)

  1. (numerical analysis) Having a high condition number.
  2. In a poor condition.
    • “But it was far otherwise wid the remainin' one, which was the ouldest; he was the most miserable, ugly, ill-conditioned brat that ivir God put life into: he was so ill thriven, that he was nivir able to stand alone or to lave his cradle; he had long, shaggy, matted, curly hair, as black as the...1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 522

Forms of ill-conditioned

comparativemore ill-conditioned
superlativemost ill-conditioned

Questions about ill-conditioned

What does ill-conditioned mean?
Ill-conditioned means having a high condition number.
What part of speech is ill-conditioned?
Ill-conditioned is an adjective.

Words near ill-conditioned in the dictionary

  1. ill-boding
  2. ill-bred
  3. ill-chosen
  4. ill-concealed
  5. ill-conceived
  6. ill-conditioned
  7. ill-considered
  8. ill-constructed
  9. ill-defined
  10. ill-definedness
  11. ill-deserved

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