as in inefficiency
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Noun
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When an annual budget does pass, the Pentagon must suddenly rush to spend, as any unspent funds are returned to the U.S. Treasury, resulting in inefficiency and waste.—
MICHAEL BROWN,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Apr. 2025 -
But that wasn’t much consolation, as the 4-0 loss to Max Fried and the Yankees at Steinbrenner Field not only capped a disappointing homestand but further highlighted the inconsistencies and inefficiencies with the Rays offense.—
Marc Topkin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Apr. 2025
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As research highlighted the inefficacy and unintended consequences of these laws, states rolled them back or modified them, mostly by partially repealing them or reducing the severity of mandatory sentences.—
John Leverso,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2025
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The solution is to test AI agents thoroughly to identify any inefficacies.—
Theo Schnitfink,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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And there’s a blunt, pulp poetry to Manny’s conclusion (if not a particularly sensitive one), driven to despair by an inability to live in the dissonant but very real space between one’s religious moral compass and the realities of one’s life.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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And yet, progress waits for no one—failing to adapt will lead to inefficiencies and an inability to meet evolving consumer demands, causing such banks to be left behind.—
Roman Eloshvili,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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These two Radical Left fools left behind two cities that will take years to recover from their incompetence and evil.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The great tariff turnaround this week was either a sign of gross incompetence or a cruel game played on the world.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Ineffectiveness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffectiveness. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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