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overoptimize

overoptimize verb: to optimize excessively.

Verb

overoptimize (third-person singular simple present overoptimizes, present participle overoptimizing, simple past and past participle overoptimized)

  1. To optimize excessively.
    • Overoptimizing the source code of a computer program may yield insignificant performance gains while making it difficult to read and maintain.

Forms of overoptimize

third-person singular presentoveroptimizes
present participleoveroptimizing
past participleoveroptimized
pastoveroptimized

Origin of overoptimize

From over- + optimize.

Questions about overoptimize

What does overoptimize mean?
Overoptimize means to optimize excessively.
What part of speech is overoptimize?
Overoptimize is a verb.
What is the past tense of overoptimize?
The past tense of overoptimize is overoptimized.

Words near overoptimize in the dictionary

  1. overoptimist
  2. overoptimistic
  3. overoptimistically
  4. overoptimists
  5. overoptimization
  6. overoptimize
  7. overoptimized
  8. overoptimizes
  9. overoptimizing
  10. overorchestrate
  11. overorchestrated

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