In 1511, leaders in Mecca believed coffee stimulated radical thinking and outlawed the drink. In 1524, the leaders overturned that order, and people could drink coffee again.
OPTIMAL
optimum, optimal
(adjective) most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; “an optimum return on capital”; “optimal concentration of a drug”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
optimal (comparative more optimal, superlative most optimal)
The best, most favourable or desirable, especially under some restriction.
(artificial intelligence) Describing a search algorithm that always returns the best result.
Synonyms
• best, ideal, optimum
Source: Wiktionary
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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