satisfice, satisfise
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
satisfice (third-person singular simple present satisfices, present participle satisficing, simple past and past participle satisficed)
(obsolete, transitive) To satisfy.
satisfice (third-person singular simple present satisfices, present participle satisficing, simple past and past participle satisficed)
(sociology, intransitive) Of human behavior: to make a choice that suffices to fulfill the minimum requirements to achieve an objective, without special regard for utility maximization or optimization of one's preferences.
Source: Wiktionary
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
