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pessimal

adj
/ˈpɛ.sɪ.məl/

Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -al, modeled on optimal.

Definitions

  1. Bad to a maximal extent

    Bad to a maximal extent; worst.

    • Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities.
    • "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays
    • …the limiting solution is a pessimal solution because the value of the objective function associated with it is zero.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pessimal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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