different between pessimize vs pessimal

English

Etymology

From Latin pessimus (“worst”) +? -ize, modelled after optimize. Pessimus is derived from Proto-Indo-European *ped-tm?mó-s, from *ped- (“to step, walk; to fall, stumble”) + *-tm?mó-s (superlative suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?p?s?ma?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?p?s??ma?z/
• Hyphenation: pes?sim?ize

Verb

pessimize (third-person singular simple present pessimizes, present participle pessimizing, simple past and past participle pessimized)

1. (transitive) To take a pessimistic view of; to speak of in a negative or pessimistic way.

   Antonym: optimize
2. (transitive) To make (something) pessimal or the worst; (in a weaker sense) to make (something, such as a computer program) less efficient.

   Antonym: optimize
3. (intransitive) To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst.

   Antonym: optimize
4. (intransitive) To become pessimal or the worst.

   Antonym: optimize

Alternative forms

• pessimise (British spelling)

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Translations

References

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s?m?l/
• Hyphenation: pes?si?mal

Adjective

pessimal (not comparable)

1. bad to a maximal extent; worst

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Antonyms

• optimal

Quotations

• Bollobas, Bela. Modern Graph Theory. 1998.

  "Optimal and Pessimal Orderings of Steiner Triple Systems in Disk Arrays" [1]

• Ordeshook, Peter C; Rose, Gregory F; Niou, Emerson M. The balance of power: Stability in international systems. 1989.

  "Calculated in this way, a security value represents a pessimal view of possibilities." [2]

• Sethi, Suresh P. Optimal Control Theory: Applications to Management Science and Economics. 2019

  "…the limiting solution is a pessimal solution because the value of the objective function associated with it is zero." [3]

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