Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

suboptimization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-op-ti-miza-tion
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The optimization of a subunit (or series of subunits) of an organization without good coordination with other subunits, resulting in the whole organisation's outcome or output being less than optimal.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English optimization English suboptimization From sub- + optimization.

Usage

Inflected Forms

suboptimizations (plural)

Questions

What does suboptimization mean?: The optimization of a subunit (or series of subunits) of an organization without good coordination with other subunits, resulting in the whole organisation's outcome or output being less than optimal.
Where does suboptimization come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub-der. English sub- English optimization English suboptimization From sub- + optimization.

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