satisfice

Definitions of satisfice
  1. verb
    decide on and pursue a course of action satisfying the minimum requirements to achieve a goal
    “optimization requires processes that are more complex than those needed to merely satisfice”
    synonyms: satisfise
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    type of:
    act, move
    perform an action, or work out or perform (an action)
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