🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

최악의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: choe-ag-ui

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pessimal/ˈpɛs.ɪ.məl/
adjectiveCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"그 시스템은 최악의 조건에서 테스트되었습니다."

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2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Worst possible; being the maximum of a negative quality or condition, or the least favorable under the given circumstances.

    "The algorithm performed under pessimal conditions, struggling with massive latency and corrupted data."
  2. 2

    Relating to or denoting a pessimum, especially the worst possible environmental conditions for the survival of an organism.

    "The species retreated from the region when the climate shifted toward pessimal parameters."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'pessimus', meaning 'worst', which is the superlative form of 'malus' (bad). It entered English in the late 19th century through scientific and mathematical contexts to describe a state or value that is maximally bad or least optimal.

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