"suboptimal" meaning in English

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          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "word": "suboptimální"
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          "sense": "less than optimal",
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          "sense": "less than optimal",
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          "sense": "less than optimal",
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          "sense": "less than optimal",
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          "word": "υποβέλτιστος"
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          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "less than optimal",
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "less than optimal",
          "word": "subottimale"
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          "sense": "less than optimal",
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    {
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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      "sense": "less than optimal",
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