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OPTIMIZATION Antonyms

There are 10 antonyms of the word optimization. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For OPTIMIZATION

WordSaveSyns..UsageType
bungling
adjectiveadj
adjective satellite

• showing lack of skill or aptitude

• lacking physical movement skills, especially with the hands

decrease
verbv
noun

• a change downward

• a process of becoming smaller or shorter

• the amount by which something decreases

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

verb

• decrease in size, extent, or range

• make become smaller

deterioration
nounn
noun

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• process of changing to an inferior state

impairment
nounn
noun

• the occurrence of a change for the worse

• a symptom of reduced quality or strength

• the condition of being unable to perform as a consequence of physical or mental unfitness

• damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality

• the act of making something futile and useless (as by routine)

inefficiency
nounn
noun

• unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency

minimization
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the act of reducing something to the least possible amount or degree or position

mismanagement
nounn
noun

• management that is careless or inefficient

reduction
nounn
noun

• the act of decreasing or reducing something

• any process in which electrons are added to an atom or ion (as by removing oxygen or adding hydrogen); always occurs accompanied by oxidation of the reducing agent

• the act of reducing complexity

worsening
verb, adjectivev, adj
adjective

• changing for the worse

noun

• process of changing to an inferior state

• changing something with the result that it becomes worse

botchery
nounn
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Alternatives for BUNGLING

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