Inefficiency is an English word with synonyms like efficiency. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Inefficiency in a sentence
Inefficiency meaning
Lack of efficiency or effectiveness.
Synonyms of Inefficiency
Using Inefficiency
- The main meaning on this page is: Lack of efficiency or effectiveness.
- Useful related words include: unskillfulness, efficiency.
- In the example corpus, inefficiency often appears in combinations such as: and inefficiency, inefficiency and, the inefficiency.
Context around Inefficiency
- Average sentence length in these examples: 20.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Inefficiency
- In this selection, "inefficiency" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 20.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, create, avoid, citation, unsurprisingly, remains and benefits stand out and add context to how "inefficiency" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include despised for inefficiency and waste and down in inefficiency. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "inefficiency" sits close to words such as aol, arran and autoimmune, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with inefficiency
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bureaucracy is despised for inefficiency and waste. (7 words)
Many government agencies in Nigeria are bogged down in inefficiency. (10 words)
Government-created inefficiency, unsurprisingly, affects things like the Inflation Reduction Act. (11 words)
Another conservative legal scholar and judge, Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit does not condemn the entire regime, but expresses concern with the potential that it could be applied to create inefficiency, rather than to avoid inefficiency. (37 words)
Inefficiency remains a challenge for ‘clean hydrogen’ producers: By the time the gas is made, stored, and burned to make electricity again, there’s nearly 70% less energy than at the start — and the cost has tripled. (37 words)
These are both good points Paul makes – the inefficiency of the current tax and welfare system and the high levels of oligopoly embedded in the UK economy particularly in the banking system. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Another conservative legal scholar and judge, Richard Posner of the Seventh Circuit does not condemn the entire regime, but expresses concern with the potential that it could be applied to create inefficiency, rather than to avoid inefficiency.
Imperfect information No sellers or buyers have complete market information, like market demand or market supply. citation Inefficiency There are two sources of inefficiency in the MC market structure.
All this does is enable inefficiency and waste throughout the country at the expense of taxpayers.
Current Ratio, Quick Ratio and Cash Ratio between 1 and 3 (While liquidity ratios greater than 1 are desirable, significantly high ratios may indicate inefficiency.
Elaine is focused on ensuring continued maintenance of town roads — so maintenance does not accrue and threaten driver safety and tax money inefficiency.
Government-created inefficiency, unsurprisingly, affects things like the Inflation Reduction Act.
Inefficiency remains a challenge for ‘clean hydrogen’ producers: By the time the gas is made, stored, and burned to make electricity again, there’s nearly 70% less energy than at the start — and the cost has tripled.
The BJP would expose the failures and inefficiency of the YSR Congress Party government, he added.
The inefficiency and ineffectiveness from Hyde’s starters have downstream effects on the bullpen, which has been overworked already this month.
The other side of this is that when inefficiency benefits the corporations, they love it.
There has been continued delay of commissioning of the complete lines for the past 4years, due to inefficiency in supply of material as explained above.
These are both good points Paul makes – the inefficiency of the current tax and welfare system and the high levels of oligopoly embedded in the UK economy particularly in the banking system.
The Vice-President, Kashim Shettima, has said the civil service must walk away from its reputation of redundancy and inefficiency.
Bureaucracy is despised for inefficiency and waste.
Clear checks and balances, supported by independent monitors and civil society organizations, can act as safeguards against malpractice and inefficiency.
It nurtures inefficiency and leads to lack of governance,” the court observed.
Many government agencies in Nigeria are bogged down in inefficiency.
Public health advocate Dr. Anthony Leachon wanted PhilHealth to be held accountable for its gross negligence and inefficiency in utilizing subsidies from the national government, which could have benefited more Filipinos.
Since one came of age, the power sector bears the trade mark of inefficiency.
Some companies have struggled with inefficiency, corruption, and lack of capacity to operate effectively.
Common combinations with inefficiency
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and inefficiency 25×
- inefficiency and 21×
- the inefficiency 21×
- inefficiency of 20×
- of inefficiency 10×
- inefficiency in 10×
- inefficiency to 4×
- inefficiency is 4×
- to inefficiency 3×
- this inefficiency 3×