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suboptimisation

suboptimisation is the alternative spelling of suboptimization.

Meaning of suboptimization

Noun

suboptimization (countable and uncountable, plural suboptimizations)

  1. The optimization of a subunit (or series of subunits) of an organization without good coordination with other subunits, resulting in the whole organisation's outcome or output being less than optimal.

Forms of suboptimisation

pluralsuboptimisations

Origin of suboptimisation

From sub- + optimisation.

Questions about suboptimisation

What is suboptimisation the alternative spelling of?
Suboptimisation is the alternative spelling of suboptimization.

Words near suboptimisation in the dictionary

  1. suboptima
  2. suboptimal
  3. suboptimalities
  4. suboptimality
  5. suboptimally
  6. suboptimisation
  7. suboptimisations
  8. suboptimization
  9. suboptimizations
  10. suboptimize
  11. suboptimized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suboptimisation (page history and authors); suboptimization (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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