suboptimizing
/sʌbˈɑptɪmaɪzɪŋ/
verb
- To make something less than optimal; to settle for a result that is not the best possible, often by focusing on a smaller part of a larger system.
- The team was suboptimizing by improving one feature while ignoring the overall user experience.
- If you only look at cost savings in one department, you might end up suboptimizing the entire company's performance.
- She realized she was suboptimizing her health by exercising but eating poorly.
Synonyms
noun
- The act or process of making something less than optimal, especially by improving one part of a system at the expense of the whole.
- The engineer warned that suboptimizing the engine's power would hurt the car's fuel efficiency.
- Suboptimizing in business often leads to short-term gains but long-term problems.
- We need to avoid suboptimizing when planning the city's transportation network.