inefficiency

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But the inefficiency sent his pitch count past 80 before he exited with runners on first and second in the fifth.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026

Board members can only be removed for cause, meaning malfeasance, inefficiency, or neglect in their duties.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Scheutz compared this inefficiency to everyday AI tools.

From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026

“Every additional body that you throw at a problem adds more process, more bureaucracy, more politics, more inefficiency, more coordination.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

So Ruth rose up and out of her guileless inefficiency to claim her bit of balm right after the preparation of dinner and just before the return of her husband from his office.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison