Home › Words › U › underoptimizeunderoptimizeunderoptimize means to optimize to an inadequate degree.EtymologyFrom under- + optimize.verbTo optimize to an inadequate degree.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.overoptimize 84% match — To optimize excessively. vs underoptimize →underoptimization 84% match — The act or process of underoptimizing. vs underoptimize →misoptimize 82% match — To optimize badly, emphasizing the wrong criteria or failing to take advantage of potential improvements. vs underoptimize →overoptimization 72% match — The act or process of overoptimizing. vs underoptimize →suboptimally 70% match — In a less than optimal manner. vs underoptimize →undermodify 69% match — To modify insufficiently. vs underoptimize →deoptimize 68% match — To make less than optimal. vs underoptimize →deoptimized 68% match — modified so as not to be optimum vs underoptimize →