Inefficiency definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Inefficiency definition: the quality or condition of being inefficient ; lack of efficiency | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples. EnglishDictionary Thesaurus WordLists Grammar EnglishEasyLearningGrammar GrammarPatterns EnglishUsage TeachingResources VideoGuides Conjugations Quiz Englishgrammar Englishcollocations Englishconfusables Englishidioms Englishusage Thematicwordlists English French German Italian Spanish Portuguese Hindi Chinese Definitionof 'inefficiency'    WordFrequency Share× Credits× inefficiencyinAmericanEnglish (ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənsi) nounWordforms:plural(for2)-cies1. thequalityorconditionofbeinginefficient;lackofefficiency 2. aninstanceofinefficiency Thisworkisriddledwithinefficiencies Mostmaterial©2005,1997,1991byPenguinRandomHouseLLC.Modifiedentries©2019 byPenguinRandomHouseLLCandHarperCollinsPublishersLtd Wordorigin[1740–50;ineffici(ent)+-ency] Synonymsof'inefficiency' incompetence,slackness,sloppiness,disorganization MoreSynonymsofinefficiency COBUILDCollocations inefficiency  eliminateinefficiency Examplesof'inefficiency'inasentence inefficiency ExamplesentencesfromtheCollinsCorpus Theseexampleshavebeenautomaticallyselectedandmaycontainsensitivecontent.Readmore… Bothsufferfromhighlabourcosts,institutionalisedinefficiencyandalackofinvestment.Times,SundayTimes(2010) Firstofall,thereisagooddealofjusticeintheclaimthatthereismuchinefficiency inthemeatanddairyfarmingsectors.Aganbegyan,AbelInsidePerestroika:TheFutureoftheSovietEconomy(1990) Governmentplanningandinvestment,ontheotherhand,wouldonlybreedcorruption andinefficiencyundercapitalism.Ramirez-Faria,CarlosTheOriginsofEconomicInequalitybetweenNations:AcritiqueofWesterntheories ondevelopmentandunderdevelopment(1990) Historyshowsthatsecrecyisnotonlyanoffenceagainsttheidealofpopularsovereignty, butalsotendstowardscorruption,errorandinefficiency.Times,SundayTimes(2014) Itcomesdowntoagrossinefficiencyinthehealthcaresystem.MailandGuardian(2010) Itisalsoa70-year-oldjumbleofbureaucracyandinefficiencyandmisalignedincentives.Times,SundayTimes(2018) LikeAgnew,hewasinsignificantnationallybutlocallyabig-hitterinhiscrusade againstinefficiencyandcorruption.AnthonyMastersCASCADES-THEDAYOFTHEDEAD(2003) Most,though,wereabywordforwasteandinefficiencyandareunmourned.Times,SundayTimes(2012) Ourbookshavebeenporedoverbyconsultantsandthereisnooverspendorhugeinefficiency.Times,SundayTimes(2008) Thearticleinvestigatesthehypothesisthatpublicadministrationdeconcentration practiceslogicallyresultinhighersecuritycostsandthereforeinefficiency.VrabkováIveta,VaňkováIvana,IvanIgor2016,'TheEfficiencyandPublicTransportAccessibilityofIndirectStateAdministration intheCzechRepublic',ReviewofEconomicPerspectiveshttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/revecp.2016.16.issue-2/revecp-2016-0010/revecp-2016-0010.xml?format=INT.RetrievedfromDOAJCCBY4.0(https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode) ExamplesentencesfromCollinsdictionaries ...theinefficiencyofthissystem. 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EnglishGrammar CollinsApps Trendsof inefficiency Viewusagefor: AllYears Last10years Last50years Last100years Last300years Browsealphabetically inefficiency ineffectual inefficacious inefficacy inefficiency inefficient inefficientbureaucracy inefficientmanagement AllENGLISHwordsthatbeginwith'I' Relatedtermsof inefficiency eliminateinefficiency bureaucraticinefficiency Source DefinitionofinefficiencyfromtheCollinsEnglishDictionary NewfromCollins QuickwordchallengeQuizReviewQuestion:1 - Score:0/5 larva or lava?Whichversioniscorrect?Riversoflarvafloweddownthevolcano.Riversoflavafloweddownthevolcano.conker or conquer?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. conker conquerThe seasonishereagain.ewe or yew?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. ewe yewShepointedatthe andhertwolambs.pray or prey?Whichversioniscorrect?Weallworkandprayforpeace.Weallworkandpreyforpeace.tuba or tuber?Dragthecorrectanswerintothebox. tuber tubaLifteach outofthegroundwithagardenfork.Yourscore:CheckSeetheanswerNextNextquizReview Dec15,2021 Wordoftheday Christingle (inBritain)aChristianserviceforchildrenheldshortlybeforeChristmas,inwhicheachchildisgivenadecoratedfruitwithalightedcandleinit SEEFULLDEFINITION SEEPREVIOUSWORDS Signupforournewsletter Getthelatestnewsandgainaccesstoexclusiveupdatesandoffers Signmeup LatestWordSubmissions noontide Dec12,2021 gnosiological Dec09,2021 OTP(abbreviation) Dec08,2021 FSC Dec08,2021 ViewMoreSubmit Omicron:Whatisit? 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