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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are far less efficient" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the efficiency of two or more things, indicating that one is significantly less efficient than the other(s).
Example: "The new system's processes are far less efficient than the previous ones, leading to increased delays."
Alternatives: "are considerably less effective" or "are much less productive."
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But the new fuel-efficiency standards are far less efficient than raising gasoline prices.
Indonesian workers, the World Bank calculates, are far less efficient than their Indian and Chinese counterparts.
On a technical level, Dr. Kitai said, IEL's are far less efficient than L.C.D. screens, demanding 100 to 200 volts of electricity rather than 10 volts or less.
Commercial conditions are far less efficient: heat is lost at various parts of the process, and other energy inputs are required for handling, upgrading, and so on.
Although thin-film solar cells are far less efficient than traditional silicon cells, they could be a lot cheaper to make.
This approach also has technical merit: multiple overlapping mesh networks are far less efficient than a network in which all the nodes can talk to each other.
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Since its original observation by Warburg [ 1], from the standpoint of metabolic efficiency this has been a surprising observation because aerobic glycolysis is far less efficient than mitochondrial respiration in terms of moles of ATP generated per mole of glucose.
Vertical motion is far less efficient.
If you don't have one, you're far less efficient.
And if every tenant moved the risers, he observes, the systems would be far less efficient.
This is puzzling because glycolysis is far less efficient at creating ATP.
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