Inefficiency
Inefficiency noun - Unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency.
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Synonyms for Inefficiency
Waste and inefficiency are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Waste" instead a noun "Inefficiency".
Nearby Words: inefficient, inefficiently
Waste
Waste noun - An instance of spending money or resources without care or restraint.
Inefficiency and waste are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Inefficiency" instead a noun "Waste".
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The supply services were completely unprepared to sustain the campaign due to the utter lack of prior planning, forcing extensive improvisation and therefore waste and inefficiency.
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One of his stated motivations for his villainy is a wish to unify the world, end wars, waste and inefficiency and instead use the freed-up resources to colonize space.
Source: Comicbook / Red Skull - This forced an undue degree of improvisation and therefore some waste and inefficiency.
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Waste and Inefficiency. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/inefficiency/waste
Inefficiency & Waste. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/inefficiency/waste>.
Waste or Inefficiency. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/inefficiency/waste.
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