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Synonyms for inefficiency
ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ ən siin·ef·fi·cien·cy
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
inefficiency
Synonyms:
failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inutility, powerlessness, uselessnessAntonyms:
action, agency, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, procedure, result
Princeton's WordNet
inefficiencynoun
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
Antonyms:
efficiency
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
inefficiencynoun
Synonyms:
weakness, impotence, inefficacy, powerlessness
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2278 | failure | |
#17218 | ineffective | |
#36114 | inaction | |
#38445 | inefficiency | |
#73354 | powerlessness | |
#76413 | ineffectiveness | |
#123069 | uselessness | |
#312168 | inefficacy |
How to use inefficiency in a sentence?
Worst case is that this results in inefficiency if and when a sudden halt is ordered to projects already rolled out.
The capacity expansions should not be thought of as an alternative to solving the blatant capital inefficiency of Fanuc.
If he is proposing giving these resources to the U.N. system, it would represent a massive expansion of resources to organizations that have a troubling history of mismanagement and inefficiency, in 2018, global GDP was $85 trillion. Total revenue for the U.N. system in 2018 was $56 billion. Moreover, we have seen the World Health Organization badly mishandle the response to COVID-19 by trusting information from China. Why that experience would give governments confidence to give such resources to the UN is a mystery.
I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
We trained very hard, but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form into teams we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganising, and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress, while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralisation.
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