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Recent Examples of inefficiently
One counterintuitive way of using that space would be to spend it inefficiently, attempting to win a free agent’s services via a short-term overpayment.
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Murat Ates, New York Times, 25 May 2026
When Wagner was healthy in the first four games, Cunningham was still getting his points, but getting them inefficiently, struggling to find rhythm against Wagner’s length and discipline.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for homelessness remain unspent or inefficiently deployed.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
In response, though, Weiss Ortiz argued in a motion that the decision to sever the cases does the opposite — inefficiently creating two duplicative trials with overlapping evidence and witnesses.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
That’s understandable in the past, when the market operated adequately if inefficiently.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
Lower per-unit prices do not translate into lower total cost if utilization expands inefficiently or without appropriate indication.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
However, in real use, their performance falls short because sulfur and its intermediate compounds, called polysulfides, react too slowly and inefficiently.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Yet for years, the massive amount of data linked to its operations was handled manually and inefficiently.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Murat Ates, New York Times, 25 May 2026
When Wagner was healthy in the first four games, Cunningham was still getting his points, but getting them inefficiently, struggling to find rhythm against Wagner’s length and discipline.
—Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
Hundreds of millions of dollars earmarked for homelessness remain unspent or inefficiently deployed.
—Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
In response, though, Weiss Ortiz argued in a motion that the decision to sever the cases does the opposite — inefficiently creating two duplicative trials with overlapping evidence and witnesses.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
That’s understandable in the past, when the market operated adequately if inefficiently.
—The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
Lower per-unit prices do not translate into lower total cost if utilization expands inefficiently or without appropriate indication.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
However, in real use, their performance falls short because sulfur and its intermediate compounds, called polysulfides, react too slowly and inefficiently.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Yet for years, the massive amount of data linked to its operations was handled manually and inefficiently.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inefficiently
Adverb
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Their front office scoffs at prospect rankings, where the Angels rate poorly.—
Bill Shaikin,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Authorities allege the operation was unsafe and poorly managed.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
Adverb
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The collapse of the Constitution’s balance of powers between three branches of government got us into an unneeded war conducted ineptly.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As was mentioned in your editorial, the Broward school district has been incompetently managed, wasteful and corrupt for years.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The information the city provided to win passage of a ballot measure in 2022 allowing this fee was incompetently inaccurate.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Inefficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficiently. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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