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. Robert Roces:

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

2. Iqbal Athas:

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

3. Mohammed Alomran:

   What is alarming in the Saudi petrochemical industry is its obsolete fixed assets and inefficiency, where large numbers of plants today are more than 20-30 years old and do not match parameters of fuel consumption and need to be replaced.

4. 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.

5. Daniel Loeb:

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