inefficiency

Example Sentences

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

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

High token use can indicate either high performance or inefficiency, with some AI projects costing thousands of dollars.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

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

From Science Daily • Mar. 11, 2026

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 • Mar. 4, 2026

Because of those laws, not much foreign beer gets exported to Germany, and because of inefficiency and high prices much less of that wonderful German beer than you would otherwise expect gets sold abroad.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond