"suboptimal" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "sub- + optimal",
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    "sub‧op‧ti‧mal"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "word": "unoptimized"
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          "text": "A quickly produced suboptimal solution to a problem is often more useful than an optimal one that takes a long time to produce.",
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          "ref": "2023 October 4, Mel Holley, “Network News: Conservative MPs criticise ticket office closure plans”, in RAIL, number 993, page 23",
          "text": "\"The way the consultation has been handled is suboptimal,\" she continued.",
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        "Worse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality."
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          "word": "inoptimal"
        },
        {
          "word": "nonoptimal"
        },
        {
          "word": "sub-optimal"
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        "not-comparable"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "word": "suboptimální"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "word": "alioptimaalinen"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "suboptimal"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "word": "suboptimal"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypovéltistos",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "υποβέλτιστος"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "word": "subottimale"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "suboptimal"
        }
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  "word": "suboptimal"
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    {
      "word": "unoptimized"
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  "etymology_text": "sub- + optimal",
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  "hyphenation": [
    "sub‧op‧ti‧mal"
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  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "\"The way the consultation has been handled is suboptimal,\" she continued.",
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        }
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        "Worse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality."
      ],
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      "word": "inoptimal"
    },
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    {
      "word": "sub-optimal"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "suboptimální"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "alioptimaalinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suboptimal"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "suboptimal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypovéltistos",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υποβέλτιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "subottimale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "suboptimal"
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  "word": "suboptimal"
}