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the lack of ability to do something or produce something without wasting materials, time, or energy
The candidate blamed her opponent for the local government's inefficiency.
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Recent Examples of inefficiency
The $13 trillion global construction industry has long struggled with inefficiencies, delays, and corruption.
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Francesco Decarolis, Harvard Business Review, 16 Apr. 2025
The group emphasized support for reforms targeting program waste and inefficiencies but drew a red line at coverage cuts.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
To address this inefficiency, torpedo bats are made with more wood in the sweet spot and less wood elsewhere—thus, the bulge.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
For instance, a manufacturer could track energy consumption across global facilities, identify inefficiencies and implement targeted reductions to align with corporate sustainability commitments.
—Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inefficiency
Francesco Decarolis, Harvard Business Review, 16 Apr. 2025
The group emphasized support for reforms targeting program waste and inefficiencies but drew a red line at coverage cuts.
—Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Apr. 2025
To address this inefficiency, torpedo bats are made with more wood in the sweet spot and less wood elsewhere—thus, the bulge.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2025
For instance, a manufacturer could track energy consumption across global facilities, identify inefficiencies and implement targeted reductions to align with corporate sustainability commitments.
—Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for inefficiency
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inefficiency
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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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It's been a revolving door of incompetency under center for the Browns this year.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
2 Jan. 2025
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When pressed on such timelines during a Senate hearing in December 2024, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf reiterated the issue isn’t a matter of corruption or incompetency, but federal support.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Inefficiency.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficiency. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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