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satisficing

sat·is·fic·ing [ sáttəss fssing ]


noun 
Definition:
 
acceptance of less than the ideal: the principle that in most cases people and organizations seek to obtain a satisfactory solution, not necessarily the optimum one

[Mid-20th century. Alteration of satisfy, after Latin satisfacere]
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