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inefficiency

[in-i-fish-uhn-see] / ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ ən si /


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The coffee squeeze is emblematic of a broader malaise sweeping office life at American companies, which appear to be in a race to find inefficiencies and cut costs.

From The Wall Street Journal

"We have to address the inefficiency in the public sector."

From Barron's

He also proposed a “California Performance Review,” inspired by a similar effort in Texas throughout the 1990s, that would review state agencies and solicit input from employees to eliminate waste and inefficiencies.

From Los Angeles Times

Terrestrial computing requires significant cooling, energy, and water, inefficiencies that some space designs can mitigate.

From Barron's

Museveni said the line would reduce the inefficiencies in his own country's infrastructure.

From Barron's