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Meanings of inefficiency in English

Portuguese
ineficiência

Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency.

ineficiência
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Examples for "efficiency"
Examples for "efficiency"
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They lead to new ideas, new processes, new products and more efficiency.
The Irish Times
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Actions shall include improving energy efficiency, enforcing legislation and tightening control policies.
Pubmed
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However there is one problem that digital efficiency can't solve, Kelly said.
Wired
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He said: Decarbonising electricity and transport and increasing energy efficiency are essential.
The Guardian
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Priority areas include environmental and climate change challenges and on-farm efficiency enhancements.
The Irish Times
Usage of inefficiency in English
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But the inefficiency of separatism was plainly evident in the Air Force.
Integration of the Armed Forces, 1940-1965
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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
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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
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This tour furnished repeated proofs of the inefficiency of the militia system.
Life of George Washington — Volume 01
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But no one alluded openly to the inefficiency of the evidence given.
He Knew He Was Right
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Lack of skill, of interests, and of ambitions result in industrial inefficiency.
The Social Emergency: Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals
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He also complained of rampant corruption, inefficiency and a lack of coordination.
Reuters
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Non-mouse mammalian transgenesis is limited by its overall inefficiency and technical hurdles.
Pubmed
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This inefficiency of restraint furnished another point of attack for the abolitionists.
The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
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And everywhere that the Turkish soldiers went, disorganization and inefficiency followed them.
With the Turks in Palestine
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I am like yourself, the spectacle of inefficiency rouses my holy ire.
Literary Taste: How to Form It / With Detailed Instructions for ...
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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
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But then, doing so would mean admitting an imperfection, weakness or inefficiency.
Radio NZ
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Portuguese
ineficiência
Inefficiency through the time
Inefficiency across language varieties
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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