pessimal
/pes'im-l/ (Latin-based antonym for "optimal") Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also "pessimise" To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED. [Jargon File]Last updated: 1995-02-01
Nearby terms:
perspective ♦ PERT ♦ pessimal ♦ pessimising compiler ♦ peta- ♦ petabyte
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