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overoptimizing

overoptimizing is the present participle and gerund 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 overoptimizing

What is overoptimizing the present participle and gerund of?
Overoptimizing is the present participle and gerund of overoptimize.

Words near overoptimizing in the dictionary

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

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