Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pessimization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pes-simiza-tion
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of pessimizing, or making something worse.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A change to program code that makes it less efficient, the opposite of an optimization.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From pessimize + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: pessimize

Usage

Inflected Forms

pessimizations (plural)

Questions

What does pessimization mean?: The act or process of pessimizing, or making something worse.
Where does pessimization come from?: From pessimize + -ation.

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