Adjective
suboptimal (not comparable)
Worse than optimal.
A quickly produced suboptimal solution to a problem is often more useful than an optimal one that takes a long time to produce.
Australia did not adopt a national accreditation system, which may lead to suboptimal choice of mediators. Source: Internet
His health records indicate that Kinsey received suboptimal exposure to sunlight (often the cause of rickets, before milk and other foods were fortified with vitamin D ) and lived in unsanitary conditions for at least part of his childhood. Source: Internet
Regardless which hand evaluation is used (HCP, LTC, NLTC, etc.) without the partners exchanging information about specific suit strengths and suit lengths, a suboptimal evaluation of the trick taking potential of the combined hands will often result. Source: Internet
Even the kind of breakage that never makes it past release testing to a user can be extremely harmful if it confuses another developer team, causing them to write wrong (or even just suboptimal) clients for your API. Source: Internet
“If diabetes control is suboptimal on the maximum dose of one medication, it’s prudent to add on a second agent,” says Deepashree Gupta, MD, assistant professor of endocrinology at Saint Louis University in Missouri. Source: Internet
If suboptimal platelet counts are suspected, post transfusion platelet counts should be obtained within 1 hour of transfusion and again at 24 hours of transfusion to calculate the CCI. Source: Internet