Phrase guide

embarrassingly parallel

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˌbæɹəsɪŋli ˈpæɹəlɛl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɛm-/
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  • General-American: /əmˈbɛɹəsɪŋli ˈpɛɹəˌlɛl/
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adj

Meaning 1

Very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: parallel computing

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: delightfully parallel, embarrassingly parallelizable, perfectly parallel, pleasingly parallel

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From embarrassingly (in the sense of being embarrassingly or extremely easy) + parallel.

Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 過易並行 /过易并行 (guòyìbìngxíng) — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Finnish: erittäin helposti rinnakkaistuva — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Finnish: triviaalisti rinnakkaistuva — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Hungarian: zavarba ejtően párhuzamosítható — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Korean: 처치 곤란 병렬 (cheochi gollan byeongnyeol) — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Russian: чрезвычайная параллельность (črezvyčajnaja parallelʹnostʹ) — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Spanish: vergonzosamente paralelo — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks
  • Ukrainian: приголомшлива паралельність (pryholomšlyva paralelʹnistʹ) — in parallel computing, of a particular problem: very easy to separate into a number of parallel tasks