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Recent Examples of inefficient But McNeeley also shot an inefficient 38.1% from the field and 31.7% from three-point range as a freshman last season. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025 Uranium enriched to 60 percent could theoretically be used for a nuclear weapon, albeit an inefficient one by most standards. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 June 2025 Windmills, and the rest of this 'JUNK,' are the most expensive and inefficient energy in the world, is destroying the beauty of the environment, and is 10 times more costly than any other energy. Adeola Adeosun hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 This type of development is inefficient at housing large populations. Kristian Fors, Oc Register, 19 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for inefficient
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Adjective
  • Life-saving efforts were unsuccessful and the man was pronounced dead at the scene, said Officer Anthony Gamble, a Sacramento Police Department spokesperson.
    The Sacramento Bee, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025
  • Attempts to impeach Pashinyan, who came to power in 2018, were unsuccessful.
    Avet Demourian, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Now county leaders are making a hard push for solutions, mindful that incarceration is often an ineffective response to broader economic and societal challenges.
    Stephen Hudak, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 June 2025
  • If these thermal management systems are ineffective an electric vehicle could be rendered immobile (or worse) due to the battery overheating.
    Charles Singh, USA Today, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • Beyond that, such dramatic moves could be counterproductive.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 23 June 2025
  • Targeting the employers themselves, some of whom Trump relies on for support, would be counterproductive to his agenda, Reisz said.
    Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025

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“Inefficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficient. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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