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sub-optimal

sub-optimal is the alternative form of suboptimal.

Meaning of suboptimal

Adjective

suboptimal (not comparable)

  1. Worse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality.
    • Near-synonym: submaximal

Forms of sub-optimal

comparativemore sub-optimal
superlativemost sub-optimal

Questions about sub-optimal

What is sub-optimal the alternative form of?
Sub-optimal is the alternative form of suboptimal.

Words near sub-optimal in the dictionary

  1. sub-moons
  2. sub-municipalities
  3. sub-municipality
  4. sub-national
  5. sub-nationals
  6. sub-optimal
  7. sub-optimalities
  8. sub-optimality
  9. sub-outcrop
  10. sub-outcrops
  11. sub-page

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-optimal (page history and authors); suboptimal (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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