Satisfice
/ˈsætɪsfaɪs/
"Satisfice" in a Sentence (2 examples)
Evidently, organisms adapt well enough to ‘satisfice’; they do not, in general, ‘optimize’.
[T]here are two contrasting types of decision-making mentalities, maximizing and satisficing. If you're choosing a marriage partner, you probably want to maximize. You want to find the very best person you are totally in love with. […] But politics is not like that. Politics is a prosaic activity most of the time. You probably want to satisfice, pick the person who's good enough, who seems reasonably responsible.