Inefficiency and Skill

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Inefficiency noun - Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency.

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Skill is an antonym for inefficiency.

Nearby Words: inefficient, inefficiently

Skill noun - Subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something.

Usage example: with unbelievable skill, the expert in origami transformed a few sheets of paper into a menagerie of exotic animals

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Inefficiency is an antonym for skill.

Nearby Words: skilled, skillfully, skilful, skilly

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