satisfice
[ sat-is-fahys ]
/ ˈsæt ɪsˌfaɪs /
verb (used without object) sat·is·ficed, sat·is·fic·ing.
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.
Origin of satisfice
Words nearby satisfice
satirical,
satirist,
satirize,
satisfaction,
satisfactory,
satisfice,
satisficing behaviour,
satisfied,
satisfy,
sato,
sato eisaku
Example sentences from the Web for satisfice
Except thow wilt saye that to satisfice is nothing els / but when one doth make himself approued vnto an other man.
British Dictionary definitions for satisfice
satisfice
/ (ˈsætɪsˌfaɪs) /
verb
(intr)
to act in such a way as to satisfy the minimum requirements for achieving a particular result
(tr) obsolete
to satisfy
Derived forms of satisfice
satisficer, nounWord Origin for satisfice
C16: altered from
satisfy