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inefficiency

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


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“If CarMax aspires to be a winner for decades, the company cannot afford structural inefficiencies,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Over time, some organisms have evolved ways to overcome this inefficiency.

From Science Daily

The board said the firm's handling of the Haifa video raised issues that it had flagged before about "inefficiencies in Meta's current approach during armed conflicts".

From BBC

That made centers a potential inefficiency in the market.

From The Wall Street Journal

But for financial institutions and investors, the cumulative effect is a more complex operating environment marked by higher counterparty risk, regulatory divergence, and capital inefficiency.

From Barron's