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We found 41 ‘not optimum’ sentence examples to help you understand how to use not optimum in a sentence.

  • Are run for profit, not optimum healthcare results.
  • I’m not absolutely opposed to things that work, even if how you get there is not optimum.
  • Not optimum but much better than the original.
  • Not one sentence or word is superfluous and most are placed for optimum impact.
  • That’s right, you may not look obese, but just weighing yourself on the bathroom scale doesn’t always offer the full picture regarding optimum health.
  • The ERL with its optimum operating speed of 160km, is estimated to take not more than 30minutes to make a journey.
  • I am not at all certain that 30 minutes is the optimum time for everyone.
  • Yes, parts of it are not functioning at optimum levels.
  • Unlike the chytrid-thermal-optimum hypothesis, the climate-linked-epidemic hypothesis does not assume a direct chain of events between warmer weather and disease outbreak.
  • We rush around eating junk food, convenience food and fast food, with little thought to the fact that we’re not giving our bodies its optimum fuel.
  • Keeping company data centers at optimum temperatures is not an easy task.
  • Not the optimum scenario for hard core bargain hunting.
  • The optimum performance of a vacuum degasser not only depends on the proper matching of the vacuum pump with sewage pump, but also on the holding…
  • Following their strategy advice with a short stack in front of you does not look optimum.
  • Likewise, on Mars carbon monoxide is easy to make but is not necessarily the optimum fuel.
  • It wasn’t bad but not the most optimum setup.
  • The Sony Ericsson S500i’s usability is not just confined to optimum connectivity options.
  • When the body is not working at its optimum capacity, that usually means there is something wrong.
  • The optimum model derived from FEM analysis provides an accurate solution and small convergence. It also has merit in not requiring excessive computation time.
  • You need a job and the optimum one is not on the horizon.
  • It can not only completely eliminate common computed errors, but also make its calculation result an optimum solution of the air quantity regulation through increasing resistance.
  • So while an adjoint has something in common with Lagrange multipliers ( and, I think, they should be equal at the optimum solution ), it is not the same thing.
  • This was caused by both drivers not gaining optimum brake temperature.
  • For some weight isn’t the problem, yet they are not enjoying optimum health.
  • I listened to it, which is probably not the optimum medium for me.
  • :The quest for optimum is not worth while to pursue.
  • Stock assessment is not only to forecast the static optimum fishing effort and sustainable yield, but also to assess the reactions of fish and fishermen to management choices and other changes.
  • Worth a read, but not the optimum biography of an American icon.
  • The results show that the number of regenerative stages in air-cooled units should not be reduced with increasing back pressure for calculating optimum cnthalphy rise distribution.
  • There may or may not be an optimum temp for the earth.
  • Routines can be transferred to various contexts in a limited manner indicating that they can reflect local optimum solutions but not global best solutions.
  • When we are not at optimum health, our work for the kingdom is impeded.
  • It’s not my issue with signing up for an optimum card.
  • Optimum, not maximum, levels of happiness.
  • Traditional Kalman filter is an optimum filter for linear or Gaussian distribution problem, which is not suitable for nonlinear evaluation issues.
  • Like peas and beans the hard seed coat of rapeseed does not allow optimum penetration of Propcorn into the center of the seed.
  • The optimum feng shui bed height for the most restful sleep (not to mention healthy love life) is eighteen inches off the floor, measuring from the floor to the top of the mattress.
  • The road to optimum health is not in a pill or one magic food.
  • An optimum situation for cementing a fledgling relationship it was not.
  • Reading Chandler’s Marlowe novels in quick succession may not the optimum way to enjoy them.
  • Often, simply halving the ingredients, does not always give optimum results either.

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Obviously something can be sub-optimal or poor, minimal, bad or terrible… But is there a word that means the exact opposite, the antonym, of optimal?

asked Jun 17, 2014 at 8:31

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Taking the classical approach, optimal derives from optimus, the Latin superlative to bonus, meaning good.

Looking at the Latin for bad, that is malus.

bonus -> melior -> optimus
malus -> peior -> pessimus

So analogous to optimus becoming optimal, pessimus would become pessimal.

All that said, I have never heard that word used.

We do use plenty of the forms of Latin good and bad, as in ameliorate, pejorative, optimal, optimist and pessimist.
However, pessimal never seems to have made it far in the popularity contests — it did get into the dictionaries though!

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 8:39

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Since pessimal is correct in the worst possible way, I would look more carefully at the specific usage. One common antonym in discussions of algorithms that would probably fit many usages is «worst-case.» You will often see optimal and worst-case performance contrasted as well as optimal (aka best-case) scenarios and worst-case scenarios.

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 11:14

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I think you simply had not understood the meaning of «optimal». It’s just a elevated synonym of «best». (from Latin «optimus») And its antonym is simply «worst».

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 22:41

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exact opposite of «optimal» is «non-optimal»

answered Jun 18, 2014 at 11:48

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pessimal.

google the word. it should fit your need.

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 8:37

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It may not always be applicable, but «pathological» may be a good choice.

If something is optimal, it is a/the best combination of all relevant factors.

If something is pathological, it is a/the worst combination of all relevant factors.

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 14:47

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If you trust on WordNet (http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/):

optimum, optimal (most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied)

antonym:
worst [Indirect via best] ((superlative of `bad’) most wanting in quality or value or condition) «the worst player on the team»; «the worst weather of the year»

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 16:21

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Generally this requires a sentence, because as tribal monkeys we like to dwell on bad situations and defeats.

It was the very abject point of hopelessness

things were as bad as they could ever be

he had given up all hope

But here are some words you could try; Horrid, abject, hopeless, worst, dreadful, awful, woebegone, abysmal, dire.

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answered Jun 17, 2014 at 9:21

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Around here (IT department) the phrase the Murphy way of doing things is commonly used as opposite of the optimal way of doing things.

Derived obviously from «Murphy’s Law»:
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst possible moment, causing maximum damage.

May not be generally suitable, but for us it works.

answered Jun 17, 2014 at 15:45

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In that situation, I use the phrase ‘perfect storm’. As in:

I was unprepared and late for the meeting already, and then he told me it was moved up an hour. It was the perfect storm.

Of course, you cannot use it in a formal context, but otherwise it comes close to conveying the meaning you want.

answered Jun 19, 2014 at 3:44

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not on your tintype

exp.

absolutely not; not in this lifetime

Slang expression used mostly in 19th century

!

unconfident

adj.

not confident

exclude

Conjugate

v.

not to include something

I want to try a diet that excludes dairy products.

no picnic

exp.

not an easy task

!

malasarbation

n.

Not good feel and diarrhead

he|she loves me not

exp.

a humorous way of saying that someone doesn’t like or love the speaker.

[Hum.] E.g.: You’ve seen the way she treated me last time we met. It’s clear: she loves me not.

incommiscible

adj.

not able to be mixed or combined

be | not be the marrying kind

exp.

be/not be interested in getting married and having a family

do not judge a book by its cover

exp.

l’habit ne fait pas le moine

NSFW

abbr. acron.

Short for «not safe for work».

[Fam.]

people who live in glass houses should not throw stones

id.

expression meaning that one should not criticize someone else for a mistake that he/she also makes or a flaw that he/she also has

out of whack

exp.

not right; out of order; not functioning properly

repurpose

Conjugate

v.

to use something (an object or a substance) in a new way: not the same as «recycle»

can sometimes be translated as «détourner»

pocket call

n.

it’s a unintended call which happens when the keys are not blocked in one’s pocket

considerate

adj.

a person who is always thinking of what other people want and is anxious not to disturb them

I want to be a considerate person who always help friends when they are in trouble.

have money to burn

v.

used for saying that you think someone is spending too much money on things they do not need

it’s got bits in it

n.

means a liquid is not clear: this tea’s got bits in it, I don’t like yogurt with bits in it

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  • Furthermore, all Member State trading cultures recognise that exchange order-books are not the optimal trading method for all types of transaction.
  • Although newer treatments exist, they are not optimal due to problems of toxicity, high price or difficulty in administration.
  • Such damage may favour trans-shell contamination with bacteria and moisture loss and thereby increase the risk to consumers, particularly if subsequent drying and storage conditions are not optimal.
  • — The lack of technical adaptability means that aircraft must follow predefined and strict flight paths, which are not optimal in terms of the consumption of energy or noise emissions.
  • Under certain circumstances, in particular where growing conditions are not optimal, it may be possible for C. sepedonicum to exist as a latent infection within eggplants even after incubation for 40 days.
  • Under certain circumstances, in particular where growing conditions are not optimal, it may be possible for C. m. subsp. sepedonicus to exist as a latent infection within eggplants even after incubation periods up to 4 weeks.
  • The chosen formulation in combination with this manufacturing process are not optimal and nor state of the art could have been improved in order to avoid the presence of the two foreseeable impurities.
  • The hitting you was not optimal.
  • The hitting you was not optimal.
  • However, labelling is not optimal as far as animal welfare is concerned.
  • Simulations suggest that the prolonged dose interval is not optimal and could result in increased toxicity and possibly inadequate response.
  • The angle might be optimal for clitoral stimulation.
  • The fuel supplier can himself decide on the option which is optimal for him.
  • Considers that the present organisation of Community aid at Brussels level, notably the separation between programming and implementation, is not optimal for an effective implementation of its development policy;
  • If the lithium’s not optimal, we can try Divalproex or Tegretol.
  • I take your point, Madam Secretary, but the situation is not optimal.
  • Limited clinical study data suggest that the prolonged dose interval is not optimal and could result in increased toxicity and possibly inadequate response.
  • This report does not mention the great risks consumers are being exposed to by a single currency in an area which is not optimal.
  • This prosperity could well be jeopardized through the creation of a common currency area in a region which is not optimal.
  • In retrospect, the unbalanced policy mix kept inflation too high for too long and has certainly not been optimal for economic growth.

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Some examples from the web:

  • Occlusion of the dialysis system is possible if heparinisation is not optimum.
  • Blockage of the dialysis system is possible if heparinisation is not optimum.
  • Occlusion of the dialysis system is possible if heparinisation is not optimum.
  • It shall also be ensured that, where usage is not optimum, the necessary measures are taken in order to maximise efficient use.
  • And as large boarding party would be detected, it is optimum for you take few members of crew as possible.
  • In international terms, new vehicles produced since the start of this decade already meet high, if not optimum, standards with regard to their recyclability, re-usability and recoverability.
  • That means that the economic optimum for sandy soil involves using fertiliser where a very great deal of it — and hence nitrogen — is washed out and not absorbed by the crop.
  • Optimum dose levels should be determined by titration.
  • Risa is climate-controlled for optimum tourist comfort.
  • Their objective is to combine optimum production with minimum leaching.
  • Community trade mark concerned: The word mark OPTIMUM for goods in class 1 — application No 4893053
  • There’s an optimum rate after which the two variables become inversely proportional.
  • It allows us to nurse lungs to optimum health before they’re transplanted.
  • No one could resist an Optimum X.
  • You’re glad Mason got the Optimum X.
  • The word ‘optimum‘ is intended to incorporate a qualitative element.
  • Once Barry reaches optimum speed, we then launch a hydrogen proton into the accelerator.
  • You’re experiencing something that is the optimum in tennis.
  • They’ve never seen me at less than optimum efficiency.
  • (5) To allow optimum management of the tariff quota, this Regulation should apply from 1 January 2003.

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