Synonyms for inefficiency
ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ ən siin·ef·fi·cien·cy

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1. inefficiency

   Synonyms:
   failure, inaction, ineffectiveness, inutility, powerlessness, uselessness

   Antonyms:
   action, agency, effect, execution, force, influence, operation, performance, procedure, result

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1. inefficiencynoun

   unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency

   Antonyms:
   efficiency

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1. • Unskillfulness

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1. inefficiencynoun

   Synonyms:
   weakness, impotence, inefficacy, powerlessness

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1. List of paraphrases for "inefficiency":

   ineffectiveness, inefficacy, ineffective

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How to use inefficiency in a sentence?

1. Robert Roces:

   Worst case is that this results in inefficiency if and when a sudden halt is ordered to projects already rolled out.

2. Daniel Loeb:

   The capacity expansions should not be thought of as an alternative to solving the blatant capital inefficiency of Fanuc.

3. Brett Schaefer:

   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.

4. Detronius Arbiter:

   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.

5. Gaius Petronius:

   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.