Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pareto optimal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.48 in modern English

Syllables: pare-to op-ti-mal
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.

adj

Describing a strategy that cannot be made to perform better against one opposing strategy without performing less well against another.

Inflected Forms

Pareto-optimal (alternative)

Phrases

Pareto improvement

Frequently Paired Words

Pareto improvement

Synonyms

Pareto efficient

Questions

What does pareto optimal mean?: Describing a situation in which the profit of one party cannot be increased without reducing the profit of another.

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