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pessimal

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Adj.1.pessimal - of an organism's environment; least favorable for survival
worst - (superlative of `bad') most wanting in quality or value or condition; "the worst player on the team"; "the worst weather of the year"


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The basic idea of IIA is that diphthongs like IY and UW are pessimal diphthongs from the point of view of CLEAR, and optimal from the point of view of LAZY.
 
 
 
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