ineffectiveness

noun

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as in inefficiency

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  1. inefficiency
  2. inefficacy
  3. inability
  4. incompetence
Noun
  • Without this foundation, organizations risk introducing inefficiencies and hindering standardization.
    Akshay Prabhu, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
  • During World War II, he was recruited by the Air Force to study production methods and eliminate inefficiencies.
    Adam Kirsch, The Atlantic, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of inefficiency
Noun
  • The work is less a critique of AA’s methods than a wry commentary on art and art history’s inefficacy in remedying profound societal ills, especially those affecting Indigenous communities.
    Michaëla de Lacaze Mohrmann, Artforum, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The inefficacy of Trump’s approach is borne out not only by macroeconomic readings but also by sector-by-sector data.
    Steven Tian, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of inefficacy
Noun
  • This could allow therapies that were previously ineffective — due to their inability to cross the blood-brain barrier to reach their target in the central nervous system — to directly target tissues.
    Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The players can’t duck the blame, either, as their season-long inability to play complementary football came to a head in the worst way.
    James Boyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Definition of inability
Noun
  • Quelle surprise: a squad built with piecemeal incompetence (and for other coaches) is struggling to get to grips with Amorim’s system.
    Phil Hay, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The researchers studied the reactions of 74 dogs, which were of different ages and breeds, to different levels of competence or incompetence.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of incompetence
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