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overoptimized

overoptimized is the simple past and past participle of overoptimize.

Meaning of overoptimize

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.

Questions about overoptimized

What is overoptimized the simple past and past participle of?
Overoptimized is the simple past and past participle of overoptimize.

Words near overoptimized in the dictionary

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

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