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Recent Examples of inefficiently
That’s understandable in the past, when the market operated adequately if inefficiently.
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The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
Canucks ownership should get some credit for spending to the level of the salary cap upper limit every season, but that was easier to do in the flat cap era, and in any event, there’s more to investing in excellence than spending inefficiently on player personnel.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Lower per-unit prices do not translate into lower total cost if utilization expands inefficiently or without appropriate indication.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
However, in real use, their performance falls short because sulfur and its intermediate compounds, called polysulfides, react too slowly and inefficiently.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Yet for years, the massive amount of data linked to its operations was handled manually and inefficiently.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 26 Apr. 2026
Canucks ownership should get some credit for spending to the level of the salary cap upper limit every season, but that was easier to do in the flat cap era, and in any event, there’s more to investing in excellence than spending inefficiently on player personnel.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
Lower per-unit prices do not translate into lower total cost if utilization expands inefficiently or without appropriate indication.
—Sreedhar Potarazu, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2026
However, in real use, their performance falls short because sulfur and its intermediate compounds, called polysulfides, react too slowly and inefficiently.
—Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 9 Jan. 2026
Yet for years, the massive amount of data linked to its operations was handled manually and inefficiently.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inefficiently
Adverb
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For the former, fans point out that all of the leaks leave Batula in particular coming off very poorly.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
30 Apr. 2026
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The city did not take the court up on that suggestion and should be commended for adhering to its transparency policies in a case that reflects so poorly on the Chicago Police Department.—
Jamie Kalven,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The collapse of the Constitution’s balance of powers between three branches of government got us into an unneeded war conducted ineptly.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Mar. 2026
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Dancing the Poznan really ineptly, mind you, but dancing nonetheless.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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As was mentioned in your editorial, the Broward school district has been incompetently managed, wasteful and corrupt for years.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
10 Jan. 2026
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The information the city provided to win passage of a ballot measure in 2022 allowing this fee was incompetently inaccurate.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Inefficiently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficiently. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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