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Definition of uncompetitive
: not competitive : unable to compete
uncompetitiveness
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Examples of uncompetitive in a Sentence
As long as the school system keeps offering uncompetitive wages, people looking for jobs will apply elsewhere.
Recent Examples of uncompetitive from the Web
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Factory owners are already complaining that a free-trade deal with China signed in 2007 has made their goods uncompetitive, and now economists fear that Pakistan may be mortgaging its future to Chinese finance.
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Some states had a particularly high rate of uncompetitive races: —In Georgia, just 31 of the 180 state House districts featured both Republican and Democratic candidates, a nation-high uncontested rate of 83 percent.
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The practice of gerrymandering has tended to make most electoral districts uncompetitive, something that encourages candidates to appeal more to the (generally more ideological) party base than to average voters.
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Shoring up the old uncompetitive power plants is not the only thing at stake, though.
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The fact that choosing boundaries at random made districts more competitive, according to Pegden, suggested the original map was uncompetitive on purpose.
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In fact, through its opening two uncompetitive contests, these Finals actually have been closer than the 2016 Finals.
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A 2015 report prepared for the Russian government showed that ninety-five per cent of state purchases were uncompetitive, and forty per cent were made with a single supplier.
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These uncompetitive districts have a seriously corrosive effect on the integrity of democracy.
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First Known Use of uncompetitive
1885
UNCOMPETITIVE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of uncompetitive for English Language Learners
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: not good enough to compete successfully with others : not competitive
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