"suboptimal" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /sʌbˈɑptɪməl/ [General-American], /sʌbˈɒptɪməl/ [Received-Pronunciation]
Etymology: From sub- + optimal. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|sub|optimal}} sub- + optimal Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} suboptimal (not comparable)
  1. Worse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: inoptimal, nonoptimal, sub-optimal Translations (less than optimal): suboptimální (Czech), alioptimaalinen (Finnish), suboptimal [masculine] (French), suboptimal (German), υποβέλτιστος (ypovéltistos) [masculine] (Greek), suboptimal (Indonesian), subottimale (Italian), suboptimum (Malay), suboptimal [masculine, neuter] (Romanian)

Adjective [French]

Forms: suboptimale [feminine], suboptimaux [masculine, plural], suboptimales [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From sub- + optimal. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|sub-|optimal}} sub- + optimal Head templates: {{fr-adj}} suboptimal (feminine suboptimale, masculine plural suboptimaux, feminine plural suboptimales)
  1. suboptimal
    Sense id: en-suboptimal-fr-adj-lN1Dk~is Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with sub-, Pages with 3 entries

Adjective [German]

IPA: /ˌzʊpʔɔptiˈmaːl/, /ˈzʊpʔɔptiˌmaːl/ Audio: De-suboptimal.ogg , De-suboptimal2.ogg
Rhymes: -aːl Head templates: {{de-adj}} suboptimal (strong nominative masculine singular suboptimaler, not comparable) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl}} Forms: suboptimaler [masculine, nominative, singular, strong], no-table-tags [table-tags], suboptimal [masculine, predicative, singular], suboptimal [feminine, predicative, singular], suboptimal [neuter, predicative, singular], suboptimal [plural, predicative], suboptimaler [masculine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimale [feminine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimales [neuter, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimale [nominative, plural, strong, without-article], suboptimalen [genitive, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimaler [feminine, genitive, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimalen [genitive, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimaler [genitive, plural, strong, without-article], suboptimalem [dative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimaler [dative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimalem [dative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimalen [dative, plural, strong, without-article], suboptimalen [accusative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimale [accusative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimales [accusative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], suboptimale [accusative, plural, strong, without-article], der suboptimale [definite, includes-article, masculine, nominative, singular, weak], die suboptimale [definite, feminine, includes-article, nominative, singular, weak], das suboptimale [definite, includes-article, neuter, nominative, singular, weak], die suboptimalen [definite, includes-article, nominative, plural, weak], des suboptimalen [definite, genitive, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der suboptimalen [definite, feminine, genitive, includes-article, singular, weak], des suboptimalen [definite, genitive, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], der suboptimalen [definite, genitive, includes-article, plural, weak], dem suboptimalen [dative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der suboptimalen [dative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], dem suboptimalen [dative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], den suboptimalen [dative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], den suboptimalen [accusative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], die suboptimale [accusative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], das suboptimale [accusative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], die suboptimalen [accusative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], ein suboptimaler [includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, nominative, singular], eine suboptimale [feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, nominative, singular], ein suboptimales [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, nominative, singular], suboptimalen [indefinite, mixed, nominative, plural], keine suboptimalen [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, nominative, plural], eines suboptimalen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer suboptimalen [feminine, genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], eines suboptimalen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], suboptimalen [genitive, indefinite, mixed, plural], keiner suboptimalen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einem suboptimalen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer suboptimalen [dative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], einem suboptimalen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], suboptimalen [dative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keinen suboptimalen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einen suboptimalen [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], eine suboptimale [accusative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], ein suboptimales [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], suboptimalen [accusative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keine suboptimalen [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural]
  1. suboptimal Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-suboptimal-de-adj-lN1Dk~is Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/De-suboptimal.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-suboptimal2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/04/De-suboptimal2.ogg/De-suboptimal2.ogg.mp3",
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    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-09-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-09-20 using wiktextract (af5c55c and 66545a6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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