pessimal

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English

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɛ.sɪ.məl/, /ˈpɛ.sə.məl/
  • Hyphenation: pes‧si‧mal

Adjective

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pessimal (not comparable)

  1. Bad to a maximal extent; worst.
    • 1989, Peter C. Ordeshook, Gregory F. Rose, Emerson M. Niou, The balance of power: Stability in international systems‎[1]:
      Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities.
    • 1998, Bela Bolloas, “Modern Graph Theory”, in LATIN 2000: Theoretical Informatics‎[2]:
      "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays
    • 2019, Suresh P. Sethi, Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics‎[3]:
      …the limiting solution is a pessimal solution because the value of the objective function associated with it is zero.

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