pessimistic.
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
Meaning & usage
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
a pessimistic view of the future
Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
a pessimistic estimate
Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.
pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree English pessimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pessimistic From pessimist + -ic.
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