optimum, optimal, ineffective

Nancy H.
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  1. optimum
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  2. optimal
    most desirable possible under a restriction
  3. ineffective
    not producing an intended consequence
  4. ineffectual
    not producing an intended consequence
  5. uneffective
    not producing an intended effect
  6. acculturation
    the adoption of the behavior patterns of one's surroundings
  7. ontogenesis
    the process of an individual organism growing organically
  8. ecology
    the environment as it relates to living organisms
  9. state of affairs
    the general state of things
  10. milieu
    the environmental condition
  11. environs
    the area in which something exists or lives
  12. environmental science
    the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
  13. bionomics
    the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment
Created on Sat Mar 01 11:50:48 EST 2008 (updated Sat Mar 01 11:57:06 EST 2008)

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