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satisficing

Variant of satisfice

intransitive verb satisficed, satisficing

☆ to be satisfied with a minimum or merely satisfactory level of performance, profitability, etc. rather than a maximum or optimum level

Origin: coined by H. A. Herbert Alexander Simon < satis(fy) + (suf)fice

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