Expecting the best in all possible ways.
Allowing other processes to perform transactions on the same data at the same time, and checking for conflicts only when changes need to be written back.
Soggy (to refer to pastries).
Causing sorrow; lamentable.
Of colours: dark, deep; later, sombre, dull.
Appearing sorrowful.
Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful.
Poor in quality, bad; shameful, deplorable; later, regrettable, poor.
Unfashionable; socially inadequate or undesirable.