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pessimization

pessimization noun: the act or process of pessimizing, or making something worse.

Noun

pessimization (countable and uncountable, plural pessimizations)

  1. The act or process of pessimizing, or making something worse.
  2. A change to program code that makes it less efficient, the opposite of an optimization.

Forms of pessimization

pluralpessimizations

Origin of pessimization

From pessimize + -ation.

Questions about pessimization

What does pessimization mean?
Pessimization means the act or process of pessimizing, or making something worse.
What part of speech is pessimization?
Pessimization is a noun.
What is the plural of pessimization?
The plural of pessimization is pessimizations.

Words near pessimization in the dictionary

  1. pessimistic time
  2. pessimistic times
  3. pessimistical
  4. pessimistically
  5. pessimists
  6. pessimization
  7. pessimizations
  8. pessimize
  9. pessimized
  10. pessimizes
  11. pessimizing

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