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Noun: inefficiency  ,i-ni'fi-shun(t)-see
  1. Lack of efficiency or effectiveness
    "The inefficiency of the old system was costing the company millions"

Derived forms: inefficiencies

Type of: unskilfulness [Brit, Cdn], unskillfulness [N. Amer]

Antonym: efficiency

Encyclopedia: Inefficiency