Meaning of INEFFICIENCY
| Pronunciation: | | `ini'fishunsee
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| | Definition: | | [n] unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency |
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| | Antonyms: | | efficiency | | |
| | See Also: | | unskillfulness | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In`ef*fi"cien*cy\, n.
The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy
sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the
desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged
from his position for inefficiency.
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| | Related Terms: | | disability, disablement, disqualification, imbecility, inability, inadeptness, inadequacy, inaptitude, inaptness, inattentiveness, incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, indexterity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineptitude, ineptness, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency, legal incapacity, maladjustment, maladroitness, mediocrity, minority, pedestrianism, rustiness, skill-lessness, thoughtlessness, unaptness, uncleverness, undeftness, undexterousness, undextrousness, unfitness, unfittedness, unintelligence, unproficiency, unschooledness, unskillfulness, untrainedness, wardship |
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