pessimum

• Устаревшее прилагательное, означающее 'наихудший' или 'наиболее вредный', в настоящее время редко используется в современном английском языке.

An obsolete adjective meaning 'worst' or 'most harmful', now rarely used in modern English.

1. Least favorable for survivalC2formalscientific

   Describing the environmental conditions that are the least conducive to the survival or growth of an organism.

   Наименее благоприятный для выживания

   • The desert represents a pessimum environment for most amphibians.
   • Scientists studied the pessimum conditions that limit plant growth in the region.
   • The species cannot survive in the pessimum climate of the high Arctic.

   Synonymsadversedetrimentalharmfulhostileworst

   Antonymsbestoptimaloptimum