inefficiency

Example Sentences

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Inefficiency is one of the biggest factors holding India back, Adani says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

Inefficiency, even corruption, became the order of the day.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

But the mere fact that we now have better technology for squeezing inefficiencies out of the system is not such a reason: Inefficiency is precisely the price we have agreed to pay for nondiscrimination.

From Slate • Apr. 26, 2013

"Inefficiency makes him angry," one bank insider said.

From Reuters • Nov. 11, 2012

"Inefficiency be damned," broke in Andrews, jumping up and stretching himself.

From Three Soldiers by Dos Passos, John