Inefficiency
noun
The state of not being productive or being done without skill and effectiveness.
He was fired from his job due to his constant inefficiency.
Often appears as...
- inefficiency in work
- cost of inefficiency
noun
A thing that is not efficient or does not work well.
The new software has several inefficiencies that the team needs to fix.
Often appears as...
- technical inefficiency
- inefficiency in the software
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Technical
noun
The state of not being productive or being done without skill and effectiveness.
He was fired from his job due to his constant inefficiency.
Often appears as...
- inefficiency in work
- cost of inefficiency
noun
A thing that is not efficient or does not work well.
The new software has several inefficiencies that the team needs to fix.
Often appears as...
- technical inefficiency
- inefficiency in the software
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Context
Inefficiency often relates to job performance and productivity in professional settings.
The manager is addressing the team's inefficiency to meet the project deadlines.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impact
Using 'inefficiency' can suggest problems that need solving to improve performance.
Company profits are down due to logistical inefficiencies.
Pro Tip 3/3Criticism Implied
'Inefficiency' is often a critical term, implying someone's not working effectively.
His inefficiency has led to a backlog of unresolved customer complaints.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Context
Inefficiency often relates to job performance and productivity in professional settings.
The manager is addressing the team's inefficiency to meet the project deadlines.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impact
Using 'inefficiency' can suggest problems that need solving to improve performance.
Company profits are down due to logistical inefficiencies.
Pro Tip 3/3Criticism Implied
'Inefficiency' is often a critical term, implying someone's not working effectively.
His inefficiency has led to a backlog of unresolved customer complaints.
Pro Tip 1/3Workplace Context
Inefficiency often relates to job performance and productivity in professional settings.
The manager is addressing the team's inefficiency to meet the project deadlines.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Impact
Using 'inefficiency' can suggest problems that need solving to improve performance.
Company profits are down due to logistical inefficiencies.
Pro Tip 3/3Criticism Implied
'Inefficiency' is often a critical term, implying someone's not working effectively.
His inefficiency has led to a backlog of unresolved customer complaints.
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Geographic Bee 2010 - MS...
with being green you can actually make plenty of money and you can you can cut out a lot of inefficiencies that you normally have of angering or replacing replacing the green substance using oil or petroleum natural gas fossil fuels if i had a trade place as any leader it would be winston churchill during the height of the blitz in world war two
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How to bring affordable,...
we haven't really seen these benefits. The energy projects have often been characterized by waste, corruption and inefficiency; our rural electrification rates are really low, and our urban rates could be better; the reliability of our electricity is terrible;
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How do investors choose...
Active investors hope to exploit these inefficiencies by buying stocks they think are priced low. To identify undervalued stocks, they may investigate a company’s business operations, analyze its financial statements, observe price trends, or use algorithms.
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How AI can bring on a...
otherwise you're not learning. It runs on the fact that there is not a lot of efficiency in it. Innovation by definition is inefficient, because you make prototypes, because you try stuff that fails, that doesn't work. Exploration is inherently inefficiency.
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A few ways to fix a...
And when people feel stuck and helpless, they stop seeing their role in a bigger system. They start to think the work they do doesn't matter in driving change. And when that happens, things slow down, fall through the cracks and inefficiencies flourish.
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Marco Annunziata:...
but it can also deliver substantial economic benefits. Just a one-percent reduction in existing inefficiencies could yield savings of over 60 billion dollars to the healthcare industry worldwide, and that is just a drop in the sea
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Paving the way towards...
will ensure a healthy return on the foreign investment that they seek to attract Africa by ensuring that the double strategies of corruption and inefficiency are defeated once and for more importantly they will build modern
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The paradox of...
A productive path can be physical, like Darwin's, or a virtual one, or an unforeseen detour from a path we had laid out. Too much efficiency can weaken itself. But a bit of inspired inefficiency can strengthen it.
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The global learning...
before investing is to make the education system deliver results. Because pouring more money into broken systems may only fund more inefficiencies. And what deeply worries me --
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Panda Bear Marks...
graphic proof of the inefficiencies of the pandas digestive system
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Geographic Bee 2010 - MS...
with being green you can actually make plenty of money and you can you can cut out a lot of inefficiencies that you normally have of angering or replacing replacing the green substance using oil or petroleum natural gas fossil fuels if i had a trade place as any leader it would be winston churchill during the height of the blitz in world war two
Video examples
How to bring affordable,...
we haven't really seen these benefits. The energy projects have often been characterized by waste, corruption and inefficiency; our rural electrification rates are really low, and our urban rates could be better; the reliability of our electricity is terrible;
Video examples
How do investors choose...
Active investors hope to exploit these inefficiencies by buying stocks they think are priced low. To identify undervalued stocks, they may investigate a company’s business operations, analyze its financial statements, observe price trends, or use algorithms.
Video examples
How AI can bring on a...
otherwise you're not learning. It runs on the fact that there is not a lot of efficiency in it. Innovation by definition is inefficient, because you make prototypes, because you try stuff that fails, that doesn't work. Exploration is inherently inefficiency.
Video examples
A few ways to fix a...
And when people feel stuck and helpless, they stop seeing their role in a bigger system. They start to think the work they do doesn't matter in driving change. And when that happens, things slow down, fall through the cracks and inefficiencies flourish.
Video examples
Marco Annunziata:...
but it can also deliver substantial economic benefits. Just a one-percent reduction in existing inefficiencies could yield savings of over 60 billion dollars to the healthcare industry worldwide, and that is just a drop in the sea
Video examples
Paving the way towards...
will ensure a healthy return on the foreign investment that they seek to attract Africa by ensuring that the double strategies of corruption and inefficiency are defeated once and for more importantly they will build modern
Video examples
The paradox of...
A productive path can be physical, like Darwin's, or a virtual one, or an unforeseen detour from a path we had laid out. Too much efficiency can weaken itself. But a bit of inspired inefficiency can strengthen it.
Video examples
The global learning...
before investing is to make the education system deliver results. Because pouring more money into broken systems may only fund more inefficiencies. And what deeply worries me --
Video examples
Panda Bear Marks...
graphic proof of the inefficiencies of the pandas digestive system
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Kathryn Minshew
American Businesswoman
Launching a start-up, you need to get a lot done quickly. Every day is different. Everyone pitches in with everything. It's easy for the founding team to say, 'We're flexible. We all help out with everything!' But when it comes to making decisions - that flexibility can spell inefficiency and disaster.
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Jacque Fresco
American Inventor
Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system. We accept, without sufficient consideration, a system that breeds inefficiencies and actually encourages the creation of shortages.
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Milton Friedman
American Economist
When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
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Henry Charles Carey
American Economist
In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency.
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Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
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Maria Ressa
Filipino Journalist
Now technology gives you a chance to help organize. You don't have to wait for either the inefficiency or the corruption. You don't have to wait for government. You can actually self-organize and build institutions bottom up.
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Crystal Eastman
American Lawyer
The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.
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Mark Cuban
American Businessman
I'm not a fan of giving to charities. I have a few I support, but the overhead and inefficiencies really bother me. Instead, I pay people's bills and help solve problems.
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Athanasios Orphanides
Cypriot Economist
Watching the economies in various parts of the world, I believe that there is scope for improvement everywhere. There is some corruption and inefficiency everywhere.
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Judith McKenna
American Businesswoman
It is amazing what colleagues tell you about the inefficiencies and about what works and what doesn't. It is a real-life check on our ideas.
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Kathryn Minshew
American Businesswoman
Launching a start-up, you need to get a lot done quickly. Every day is different. Everyone pitches in with everything. It's easy for the founding team to say, 'We're flexible. We all help out with everything!' But when it comes to making decisions - that flexibility can spell inefficiency and disaster.
Quote examples
Jacque Fresco
American Inventor
Although many of us consider ourselves forward-thinkers, we still cling tenaciously to the old values of the monetary system. We accept, without sufficient consideration, a system that breeds inefficiencies and actually encourages the creation of shortages.
Quote examples
Milton Friedman
American Economist
When government - in pursuit of good intentions - tries to rearrange the economy, legislate morality, or help special interests, the cost come in inefficiency, lack of motivation, and loss of freedom. Government should be a referee, not an active player.
Quote examples
Henry Charles Carey
American Economist
In this country protection has always, to some extent, existed; but at some times it has been efficient, and at others not; and our tendency toward freedom or slavery has always been in the direct ratio of its efficiency or inefficiency.
Quote examples
Nathan Myhrvold
American Businessman
The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn't because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil.
Quote examples
Maria Ressa
Filipino Journalist
Now technology gives you a chance to help organize. You don't have to wait for either the inefficiency or the corruption. You don't have to wait for government. You can actually self-organize and build institutions bottom up.
Quote examples
Crystal Eastman
American Lawyer
The average man has a carefully cultivated ignorance about household matters - from what to do with the crumbs to the grocer's telephone number - a sort of cheerful inefficiency which protects him.
Quote examples
Mark Cuban
American Businessman
I'm not a fan of giving to charities. I have a few I support, but the overhead and inefficiencies really bother me. Instead, I pay people's bills and help solve problems.
Quote examples
Athanasios Orphanides
Cypriot Economist
Watching the economies in various parts of the world, I believe that there is scope for improvement everywhere. There is some corruption and inefficiency everywhere.
Quote examples
Judith McKenna
American Businesswoman
It is amazing what colleagues tell you about the inefficiencies and about what works and what doesn't. It is a real-life check on our ideas.
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