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inefficiency

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in·ef·fi·cien·cy  (n-fshn-s)
n. pl. in·ef·fi·cien·cies
1. The quality, condition, or fact of being inefficient.
2. An inefficient act, design, or procedure: pointed out certain inefficiencies in the shipping operation.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.inefficiencyinefficiency - unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency
unskillfulness - a lack of cognitive skill
efficiency - skillfulness in avoiding wasted time and effort; "she did the work with great efficiency"
inefficiency
noun incompetence, slackness, sloppiness, disorganization, carelessness the inefficiency of the distribution system
Translations
inefficiency [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənsɪ] N [of method] → ineficiencia f; [of person] → incompetencia f
inefficiency [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənsi] n [system, organization] → inefficacité f
inefficiency
n (of person) → Unfähigkeit f, → Ineffizienz f (geh); (of machine, engine) → geringe Leistung; (of factory, company) → Unproduktivität f; the inefficiency of this method → diese unrationelle Methode
inefficiency [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃ/ənsɪ] n → inefficienza
inefficiency [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃ/ənsɪ] n → inefficienza


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Partly, perhaps, for this reason, but much more on account of his inefficiency as a general, he was deprived of his command in 1756, and recalled to England.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
This piece of history proves at once the inefficiency of the union, the ambition and jealousy of its most powerful members, and the dependent and degraded condition of the rest.
Federalist Papers Authored by Alexander Hamilton by Hamilton, Alexander View in context
The misfortune under the latter system has been, that these principles are so feeble and confined as to justify all the charges of inefficiency which have been urged against it, and to require a degree of enlargement which gives to the new system the aspect of an entire transformation of the old.
Federalist Papers Authored by James Madison by Madison, James View in context
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