overoptimize
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To optimize excessively.
Example Sentences
- "Overoptimizing the source code of a computer program may yield insignificant performance gains while making it difficult to read and maintain."
Etymology
From over- + optimize.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over