inefficiency
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The proposition states its purpose is to make sure that “programs are delivering results, and that taxpayer dollars are not being lost to inefficiency, waste or abuse.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
Then there is the inefficiency of running the meatpacking plants at much less than full capacity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
“What we are working toward is not a rejection of multilateralism, but putting clarity and results over inefficiency and hollow words,” a senior State Department official, Michael G. DeSombre, told the U.N.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026
Board members can only be removed for cause, meaning malfeasance, inefficiency, or neglect in their duties.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
“It made me feel good that there was such inefficiency to this market,” he said.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
Long before Elon Musk decided he was the first person ever to look for inefficiencies in the U.S. government, an actual department, the Government Accountability Office, was already doing that.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
There are also 17 independent inspectors general, each with their own staff, finding inefficiencies in individual departments.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026
That is a prime position from which to tackle inefficiencies in the country’s commodities market, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
The thing is, Pratt made some strong points about the inefficiencies of L.A.’s political status quo and the outrage that is having tens of thousands of people live on our streets.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 10, 2026
Hubler and his traders thought they were smart guys put on earth to exploit the market’s stupid inefficiencies.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
