Meaning

1 senses

  1. To optimize excessively.

    Overoptimizing the source code of a computer program may yield insignificant performance gains while making it difficult to read and maintain.

Origin

From over- + optimize.

From over- + optimize.

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Forms

overoptimizes, overoptimizing, overoptimized, overoptimized
Base formoveroptimize · to overoptimize
3rd person singularoveroptimizes
Present participleoveroptimizing
Past simpleoveroptimized
Past participleoveroptimized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoveroptimize
he, she, itoveroptimizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsoveroptimized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave overoptimized
he, she, ithas overoptimized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill overoptimize

Word family

1 related words
Relatedoveroptimization

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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