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overoptimizes

overoptimizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 overoptimizes

What is overoptimizes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Overoptimizes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of overoptimize.

Words near overoptimizes in the dictionary

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

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