English-Swedish translations for pessimistic

• pessimistisk
  Jag har en mer pessimistisk syn än föregående talare.I take a rather more pessimistic view than the previous speaker.
  Innehållet är begränsat och pessimistiskt.The content is limited and pessimistic.
  När det gäller energifrågan är jag tyvärr något pessimistisk.When it comes to the energy issue, I am unfortunately rather pessimistic.

Definition of pessimistic

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

Related words

• pessimistically
• Euro-pessimistic
• Europessimistic
• pessimistic locking
• be pessimistic