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inefficiency

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


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Economies grow because we improve processes, not because we preserve inefficiencies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Government inefficiency still plagues the country, and it has the worst pollution on the planet.

From Barron's

Government inefficiency still plagues the country, and it has the worst pollution on the planet.

From Barron's

For compute-hungry AI labs running clusters of tens or hundreds of thousands of GPUs, even small delays in data transfer can compound and exacerbate inefficiencies.

From MarketWatch

A DHS spokeswoman said Noem serves at the pleasure of the president and has successfully clamped down on inefficiencies to save billions of dollars, calling her efforts “a roaring success.”

From The Wall Street Journal