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satisfice

[ sat-is-fahys ]

verb (used without object)

satisficed, satisficing.
  1. to choose or adopt the first satisfactory option that one comes across:

    the tendency of decision-makers to satisfice rather than look for the optimal solution.



satisfice

/ 藞蝉忙迟瑟蝉藢蹿补瑟蝉 /

verb

  1. intr to act in such a way as to satisfy the minimum requirements for achieving a particular result
  2. obsolete.
    tr to satisfy
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蝉补迟颈蝉藢蹿颈肠别谤, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of satisfice1

First recorded in 1955鈥60 ( 1560鈥70 in the obsolete sense 鈥渟atisfy鈥); satis(fy) ( def ) + (suf)fice ( def ) or (sacri)fice ( def )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of satisfice1

C16: altered from satisfy
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Example Sentences

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So we鈥檙e not really gathering information as much as trying to satisfice our existing intuition.

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We need to satisfice more and maximize less.

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We satisfice, selecting a compromise between good-enough and the amount of effort required to consider alternatives.

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But we know you have to have some of those things to make a company function, so as entrepreneurs we hold our noses and satisfice, feeling we鈥檝e settled for some rotten compromise.

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