OVERENGINEERS Antonyms

• use cautiously and frugally

• spend sparingly, avoid the waste of

• make small or insignificant

• represent as less significant or important

• cause to seem less serious; play down

• make optimal; get the most out of; use best

• modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost

• act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world

• defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning

• weed out unwanted or unnecessary things

• structure and run according to rational or scientific principles in order to achieve desired results

• think rationally; employ logic or reason

• remove irrational quantities from

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• make more complex, intricate, or richer

• treat or prepare so as to put in a usable condition

• reduce to a fine, unmixed, or pure state; separate from extraneous matter or cleanse from impurities

• attenuate or reduce in vigor, strength, or intensity by polishing or purifying

• make more precise or increase the discriminatory powers of

• make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent

• cause to conform to standard or norm

• evaluate by comparing with a standard

• contour economically or efficiently