pessimistic

Adjective

• expecting the worst possible outcome

Adj

• Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
• Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
• Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.

Examples

• a pessimistic estimate
• a pessimistic view of the future
• pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking

Antonyms

optimistic

Related Words

pessimal, pessimism, pessimist