Overoptimize
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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."
Example
More examples"Overoptimizing the source code of a computer program may yield insignificant performance gains while making it difficult to read and maintain."
Etymology
From over- + optimize.
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