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Antonyms for optimum

Grammar : Adj
Spell : op-tuh-muhm
Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp tə məm

Definition of optimum

Origin :
  • 1879, from Latin optimum, neuter singular of optimus "best" (used as a superlative of bonus "good"), probably related to ops "power, resources" (in which case the evolution is from "richest" to "the most esteemed," thus from PIE root *op- "to work") or to ob "in front of," with superlative suffix *-tumos. Originally in biology, in reference to "conditions most favorable" (for growth, etc.). As an adjective from 1885.
  • adj best
Example sentences :
  • Nothing is more pleasant than a day of this optimum kind in May or June.
  • Extract from : « The Good Housekeeping Marriage Book » by Various
  • Cultivation has been carried far beyond the optimum regions.
  • Extract from : « The Apple-Tree » by L. H. Bailey
  • My cousin, young Denny Swinton, was to dine with me that evening at the Optimum.
  • Extract from : « Phroso » by Anthony Hope
  • It will be very seldom that a plant is likely to be found at the optimum.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • In the present case the optimum temperature is in the neighbourhood of 35C.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • Let us take two extreme conditions, the optimum and the minimum.
  • Extract from : « Life Movements in Plants » by Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose
  • Either above or below that Optimum one passes towards slavery.
  • Extract from : « Mankind in the Making » by H. G. Wells
  • Some of us have not been able to perceive at all clearly the optimum lines of action.
  • Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
  • It had been displaced a full fifteen degrees on the topside of optimum power!
  • Extract from : « Spillthrough » by Daniel F. Galouye
  • "But I am here to conduct an experiment in optimum ecology," said the robot.
  • Extract from : « The Ego Machine » by Henry Kuttner

Synonyms for optimum

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