be inefficient
Frequency: 8.552.1 per million words
Used to describe a state of not achieving maximum productivity.
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- The old heating system was found to be quite inefficient.
- If our production process continues to be inefficient, we will face significant losses.
- Many companies aim to reduce costs by ensuring their operations do not be inefficient.
- The manual data entry was prone to errors and proved to be highly inefficient.
- Without proper training, new employees often are inefficient at first.
- His work habits used to be quite inefficient, but he has improved.
- The government's bureaucracy tends to be notoriously inefficient.
- It would be inefficient to use so much energy for such a small task.
- They discovered that their communication channels were inefficient.
- To be inefficient in today's competitive market is a recipe for disaster.