Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OPTIMIZE
optimize, optimise
(verb) act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world
optimize, optimise
(verb) modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost; “optimize a computer program”
optimize, optimise
(verb) make optimal; get the most out of; use best; “optimize your resources”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
optimize (third-person singular simple present optimizes, present participle optimizing, simple past and past participle optimized)
(originally, intransitive) To act optimistically or as an optimist.
(transitive) To make (something) optimal.
(transitive) To make (something) more efficient, such as a computer program.
(intransitive) To become optimal.
Synonyms
• (to make optimal): perfect
• (to make more efficient): enhance, hone, improve, perfect
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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