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 Definitions of pessimal  

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Definition of 'pessimal' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) pessimal, pessimum(a)
of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival


Definitions of 'pessimal' The New Hacker's Dictionary 

1.  pessimal
[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.



'pessimal' - Nearby Entries  

pes planus  peso  pessary  pessimal  pessimism  pessimist  pessimistically  



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