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I guess playing with convergence keyword may help (i haven't tried that):
CONVERGENCE energy 5e-6
http://nwchemgit.github.io/index.php/Density_Functional_Theory_for_Molecules#CONVERGENCE_--_...
Note, that depending on the level of precision you aim at, you mey need to repeat such preliminary optimization (if succeeds) with tighter convergence parameters starting from the optimized "lousy" structure.