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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are only moderately suboptimal" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or outcome that is not ideal but is not the worst either, indicating a middle ground of inefficiency or imperfection.
Example: "The results of the experiment are only moderately suboptimal, suggesting that there is room for improvement but also some success in the methodology used."
Alternatives: "are somewhat less than ideal" or "are fairly inefficient".
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However, when Leonerasaurus is placed more basally within Anchisauria the resultant topologies are only moderately suboptimal, implying two extra steps when it is depicted as more basal than Aardonyx or Anchisaurus, or as the sister group of either of these taxa (Templeton p-values ranging between 0.1573 and 0.4531).
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In fact, Sotheby's and Christie's are only moderately profitable.
The entertainment features don't do anything for me, and the widgets are only moderately useful.
In contrast, samples FZ09 to FZ12 are only moderately enriched in LREE.
Those stats are only moderately higher than average.
We find these are only moderately conserved.
Practice assistants were moderately stressed meaning that the given working conditions are only moderately exhausting.
They are only moderately expressed in other tissues.
The two sets of indicators are only moderately correlated.
That is only moderately useful.
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