inefficiency
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Then there is the inefficiency of running the meatpacking plants at much less than full capacity.
From BBC ● Aug. 5, 2026
But the inefficiency sent his pitch count past 80 before he exited with runners on first and second in the fifth.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
Board members can only be removed for cause, meaning malfeasance, inefficiency, or neglect in their duties.
From Slate ● Apr. 24, 2026
Scheutz compared this inefficiency to everyday AI tools.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 5, 2026
So Ruth rose up and out of her guileless inefficiency to claim her bit of balm right after the preparation of dinner and just before the return of her husband from his office.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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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
In spring of 2025, the school created a “Task Force on Workforce Planning,” which found Harvard’s existing setup was fragmented, difficult to navigate, and caused frustrations and inefficiencies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
The tendency to justify women’s chronic underpayment rather than address it reproduces inefficiencies that come at a high cost to America’s families, organizations and broader economy.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 26, 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
When George began to watch the Washington oarsmen on the water, he quickly spotted inefficiencies and deficiencies in the mechanics of their stroke that no amount of fiddling with a skeleton could fix.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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