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Meanings of inefficiency in English

Portuguese
ineficiência

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency.

        ineficiência
        Usage of inefficiency in English
        1
        But the inefficiency of separatism was plainly evident in the Air Force.
        Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
        2
        The problem we face is the inefficiency of the water processing system.
        The Irish Times
        3
        Selling into intervention is a commercial decision, not a sign of inefficiency.
        The Irish Times
        4
        This is about erasing middle-management and the gross inefficiency in public services.
        The Guardian
        5
        It was an inefficiency in capitalism to actually discriminate on that basis.
        The new yorker
        6
        This tour furnished repeated proofs of the inefficiency of the militia system.
        Life of George Washington — Volume 01
        7
        But no one alluded openly to the inefficiency of the evidence given.
        He Knew He Was Right
        8
        Lack of skill, of interests, and of ambitions result in industrial inefficiency.
        The Social Emergency: Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals
        9
        He also complained of rampant corruption, inefficiency and a lack of coordination.
        Reuters
        10
        Non-mouse mammalian transgenesis is limited by its overall inefficiency and technical hurdles.
        Pubmed
        11
        This inefficiency of restraint furnished another point of attack for the abolitionists.
        The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
        12
        And everywhere that the Turkish soldiers went, disorganization and inefficiency followed them.
        With the Turks in Palestine
        13
        I am like yourself, the spectacle of inefficiency rouses my holy ire.
        Literary Taste: How to Form It / With Detailed Instructions for ...
        14
        He was found guilty of culpable inefficiency and relieved of his command.
        The new yorker
        15
        I propose that we make an all-out campaign against waste and inefficiency.
        State of the Union Addresses
        16
        But then, doing so would mean admitting an imperfection, weakness or inefficiency.
        Radio NZ
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        ineficiência
        Inefficiency through the time
        Inefficiency across language varieties
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