"inefficiency" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inefficiencies [plural]
Etymology: From in- + efficiency. Etymology templates: {{af|en|in-|efficiency}} in- + efficiency Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} inefficiency (countable and uncountable, plural inefficiencies)
  1. Lack of efficiency or effectiveness. Wikipedia link: inefficiency Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (degree or measure of someone or something's lack of efficiency or effectiveness): неспособност (nesposobnost) (Bulgarian), безрезултатност (bezrezultatnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), inefficiëntie (Dutch), inefficacité [feminine] (French), Ineffizienz [feminine] (German), neufondaght [feminine] (Manx), ineffektivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), ineffektivitet [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ineficiência [feminine] (Portuguese)

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