Antonyms for optimal
ˈɒp tə məlop·ti·mal

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1. optimaladjective

   Synonyms:
   ideal, best

2. optimaladjective

   The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction

   Finding the optimal balance between features and price is a common problem.

   Synonyms:
   best, ideal

Princeton's WordNetRate this antonym:3.2 / 5 votes

1. optimum, optimaladjective

   most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied

   "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"

   Antonyms:
   worst

   Synonyms:
   optimum

How to use optimal in a sentence?

1. Daniel Freifeld:

   Although it is less than optimal to use Citgo to carry the debt of PDVSA, this makes us very comfortable that Venezuela will fully meet its debt payments this year.

2. Lee Raby:

   Mental health is also important, and then a new direction of the study is going to the origins of physical health problems. We know that stress is not good for health, and that stress early in life in the form of not-optimal parent-child relationship may have these kinds of long-term effects on biological health. Those are all unanswered questions.

3. Melina Jampolis:

   I think it also highlights the importance of taking the time to keep a journal, which can help you identify how you respond to different foods and really develop an optimal eating plan to satisfy hunger, maintain good energy levels and lose weight if you need to.

4. Lorne Baring:

   The CDS market is indicating a future financial stress for bond holders in the banking sector. There are concerns that the banking sector is under-capitalized in Europe and credit conditions are sub-optimal.

5. Charles Scott:

   If you care mostly about optimal performance, you would nap after lunch.

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