Definition for Inefficiency:

• 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.

Synonyms for Inefficiency:

• n.

  •
  • handicap,
  • disadvantage,
  • limitation,
  • downside,
  • loss,
  • snag,
  • minus,
  • drawback,
  • price,
  • flip side.
  •cognition (noun)
  • inefficiency.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • defalcation,
  • defectiveness,
  • faultiness,
  • inability,
  • inadequacy,
  • inadequateness,
  • inaptitude,
  • inaptness,
  • incapability,
  • incompetency,
  • incompleteness,
  • inefficacy,
  • ineptness,
  • inutility,
  • powerlessness,
  • scantiness,
  • unsuitableness,
  • worthlessness,
  • Incapacitation,
  • skimpiness,
  • inutilities,
  • inefficiencies,
  • defalcations.

Paraphrases for Inefficiency:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ineffectiveness, inefficacy.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    efficiency, inability.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inadequacy, incompetence, insufficiency, failure, effectiveness, deficiency, futility, efficacy, incapacity, mismanagement, dysfunction.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    inefficient, ineffective, ineptitude.

Antonyms for Inefficiency:

• n.

  • cognition
    efficiency.

Inefficiency Sentence Examples:

• It was a case of choosing between efficiency and inefficiency, and I chose efficiency.

• His engine had been behaving so well that his usual charges of inefficiency against it had not for a long time been registered with the roundhouse foreman, and Dan Baggs, dreaming in the heat and sunshine of nothing worse than losing his scalp to the Indians or winning a fortune at cards - gambling was another of his failings - was pounding lightly along over the rails when he reached, without heeding it, Goose Creek bridge.

Hyponym for Inefficiency:

• n.

  • cognition
    unskillfulness.