Definition of "pessimize" []

• To think like a pessimist; to believe the worst. (verb)
• To make (something) pessimal. (verb)
• To make (something) less efficient, such as a computer program. (verb)
• To become pessimal. (verb)

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• "The only way to pessimize that is to use drones, remotely controlled from a central bunker somewhere in a fortified base."
• "Implicit mutations (such as the upgrading of an SV due to numification) typically results in a copy, so multithreaded access to immutable SVs could either pessimize the caching or just use a spinlock on upgrades."