suboptimum

adjective

sub·​op·​ti·​mum

ˌsəb-ˈäp-tə-məm

 

variants or sub-optimum

: less than optimal : suboptimal

suboptimum sales/conditions

Just this year the mathematicians finally proved that any product designed by geniuses to be used by idiots is suboptimum.

—John Gantz

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

suboptimum

adjective

sub·​op·​ti·​mum -məm 

: suboptimal