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inefficiency

/ɪnɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt(ə)nsi/

US pronunciation
American sound/ɪnɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt(ə)nsi/
ɪnɪˈfɪʃəntənsi
Syllables
6 syllables
Stress
3rd syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Final y vowel sound

ɪnɪ - ˈfɪʃəntənsi -> inefficiency

Myanmar meaning

(n) ထရောက်မှု မရှိခြင်း။ အားနည်းချက်။

Full entry

inefficient / ÇnÇ'fÇʃnt / adj

(က) အရည်အသွေး ညံ့သော။ ထိရောက်မှုနည်းသော။ an inefficient fridge / heating system.
(ခ) ညံ့သော။ အသုံးမကျသော။ an inefficient management / administration.
❑ inefficiency / -nsi / n [U, C]
ထိရောက်မှု မရှိခြင်း။ အားနည်းချက်။
the inefficiency of some charitable organizations ❍ attack the local Council's inefficiencies.
❑ inefficiently adv ထိရောက်မှုမရှိဘဲ။ working inefficiently.

More examples
  • The administration was inefficient and corrupt.
  • The tunnel has an inefficient ventilation system.
Synonyms
incompetent, unproductive, wasteful, inept, ineffective, disorganized, bungling, useless, uneconomical, can't hack it, careless, extravagant, faulty, feeble, half-baked, improficient, improvident, incapable, ineffectual, inefficacious, inexpert, not cut out for, prodigal, shooting blanks, slack, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfit, unprepared, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untrained, weak
Antonyms
able, capable, competent, dexterous, effective, efficient, expert, fit, neat, skillful, sound, strong, tidy, useful
Cross references
incompetentunproductivewastefulineptineffectivedisorganizedbunglinguselessuneconomicalcan't hack itcarelessextravagantfaultyfeeblehalf-bakedimproficientimprovidentincapableineffectualinefficaciousinexpertnot cut out forprodigalshooting blanksslackslipshodsloppyslovenly
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