Definitions
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- adverb In a less than
optimal manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sommers’ fixation on “Well the laws are equal, so the fact that society functions suboptimally is just water under the bridge” is bunk.
Matthew Yglesias » When Did American Feminists Stop Beating Muslim Women? 2007
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Sommers’ fixation on “Well the laws are equal, so the fact that society functions suboptimally is just water under the bridge” is bunk.
Matthew Yglesias » When Did American Feminists Stop Beating Muslim Women? 2007
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"suboptimally," as network traffic becomes clogged.
ABC7 News 2009
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And sometimes it's not even that anybody responds suboptimally.
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One more thing: It's common to feel more stress when our bodies are operating suboptimally.
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One more thing: It's common to feel more stress when our bodies are operating suboptimally.
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Something like 4% of the population is, um, suboptimally documented.
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Hard not to think Gann has a case of suboptimally ripe grapes...
Compare and Contrast 16 Lisa Hirsch 2009
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I certainly think that liberals and libertarians can be tribal, but to the degree they do so they are at the very least operating suboptimally.
¡Papeles para tod@s! 1 May 2009, 3:30 PM @ Commercial Center Drive, Las Vegas, Nevada 2009
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A consequence of not knowing about the role of the newer nutrients in health is that many people are suboptimally nourished and thus have somewhat impaired regulatory systems.
The New Super-Nutrition Ph.D. Richard A. Passwater 1991
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