Inefficiency
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Inefficiency is a noun meaning Lack of efficiency or effectiveness.
Meaning
Lack of efficiency or effectiveness.
Example Sentences
Yet only 21 percent of adult TANF recipients are working today, largely because of these inefficiencies and loopholes.
“An organization’s reputational integrity is its greatest currency. When you compromise that, you have lost the loyalty and trust of your employees,” Wahler said. “His approach is going to increase inefficiency by creating an environment marked by instability, a lack of trust and divisiveness.”
Word Forms
- inefficiencies
Antonyms for inefficiency
Common opposites include efficiency.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ineffectiveness, inefficacy, ineffective, inefficient, incompetence, futility.
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