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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.
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