Usually means: Less than the best possible.
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We found 12 dictionaries that define the word suboptimal:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. suboptimal: Merriam-Webster
  2. suboptimal: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. suboptimal: Collins English Dictionary
  4. Suboptimal, suboptimal: Wordnik
  5. suboptimal: Wiktionary
  6. suboptimal: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. suboptimal: Dictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. suboptimal: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. suboptimal: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Worse than optimal; of less than the highest standard or quality.

Similar:
sub-optimal, suboptimum, substandard, nonoptimal, second best, inoptimal, submarginal, infraoptimal, less-than-stellar, deoptimised, more...

Opposite:
optimal, ideal, perfect, excellent, best

Types:
not ideal, not best, worse, less thperfect, imperfect, more...

Phrases:
opposite of suboptimal, more...

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Similar:
sub-optimal, suboptimum, substandard, nonoptimal, second best, inoptimal, submarginal, infraoptimal, less-than-stellar, deoptimised, more...

Opposite:
optimal, ideal, perfect, excellent, best

Types:
not ideal, not best, worse, less thperfect, imperfect, more...

Phrases:
opposite of suboptimal, more...

Colors:
    brown,     gray,     olive,     mustard,     beige, more...



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