The phrase "a duplication of effort" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where multiple people or groups are working on the same task or project unnecessarily, leading to wasted resources or time.
Example: "To improve efficiency, we need to eliminate any duplication of effort in our project teams."
Alternatives: "redundant work" or "overlapping efforts".
And, "Overall, there was a lack of coordination, a duplication of effort and a lack of urgency in obtaining information about whether a person in immigration detention potentially matched a national security alert".
"Overall there was a lack of co-ordination, a duplication of effort and a lack of urgency in obtaining information about whether a person in immigration detention potentially matched a national security alert".
That's a duplication of effort," charges developmental neuroscientist Sharon Hrynkow, CTD's senior vice president of medical affairs and former acting director of NIH's Fogarty International Center.
The project was made open-source from the outset because the founders felt very strongly that they did not want to see a duplication of effort.
At the time of this review, the surveillance and reporting system was using multiple forms from a variety of implementing partners resulting in a duplication of effort and resources.
> -wrap-foot> Uskim skim curation as an initial triage process does however have disadvantages, primarily that it is time consuming (a curator typically averages two to three papers an hour) and often results in a duplication of effort, as each fully curated paper is read more than once.
There supposedly is a "duplication of efforts," a rivalry between CDC and the U.S. Agency for International Development that undermine in-country programs, an "inappropriate" use of funds.
Critics, meanwhile, have argued that this leads to a duplication of efforts and gaps where no agency is willing to pick up the ball.
The lack of guidelines and functional co-ordination mechanisms for CHBC results, reportedly, in a duplication of efforts and different approaches to care and support within the same district.
A lack of coordinated information exchange between providers can lead to a duplication of efforts, increased assessment burden, increased frustration for the providers and care recipients [ 11], a disruption in care provision [ 12] and potentially poor client outcomes if potential clinical issues are not recognized by all care providers.
For many standard interfaces, this is a duplication of the effort already expended by some other software engineer.
