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4 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: pessimal \pes"si*mal\ adj. Least favorable for survival; -- of an organism's environment. Syn: pessimum(prenominal). [WordNet 1.5] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: pessimal adj : of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival [syn: {pessimum(a)}] From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]: pessimal /pes'im-l/ adj. [Latin-based antonym for `optimal'] Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also `pessimize' vt. To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for `optimal' and `optimize', but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although `pessimize' is listed in the OED. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: pessimal /pes'im-l/ (Latin-based antonym for "optimal") Maximally bad. "This is a pessimal situation." Also "pessimise" To make as bad as possible. These words are the obvious Latin-based antonyms for "optimal" and "optimise", but for some reason they do not appear in most English dictionaries, although "pessimise" is listed in the OED. [{Jargon File}] (1995-02-01)
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