suboptimizes
/sʌbˈɑptɪmaɪzɪz/
verb
- To make something less than optimal; to cause a system or process to perform below its best possible level, often by focusing on one part at the expense of the whole.
- If you only water one section of the garden, you suboptimize the growth of the rest of the plants.
- Companies that focus too much on cutting costs in one department often suboptimize overall performance.
- When the team only improved one step of the workflow, they actually suboptimized the entire project.
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