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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1. Iqbal Athas:

   Inefficiency, mediocrity, and infighting within the government contributed to last week's attack.

2. 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.

3. Cristiane Mazzetti:

   In 2020, despite the prohibition of the use of fire and with the armed forces in the field since mid-May, the fires are still uncontrolled in Greenpeace Amazon, proving once again the inefficiency of the government, the figures show that the strategy adopted by the federal government is inefficient to contain the destruction of the most biodiverse forest on the planet.

4. Eugene McCarthy:

   The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency.

5. 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.