"suboptimal" meaning in English

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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "suboptimal"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "lang_code": "el",
      "roman": "ypovéltistos",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "υποβέλτιστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "lang_code": "id",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "suboptimal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "subottimale"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "lang_code": "ms",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "suboptimum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "suboptimal"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "neoptimalʹnyj",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неоптимальный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "less than optimal",
      "word": "subóptimo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "suboptimal"
}