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The phrase "are less efficient than" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when comparing the efficiency of two or more subjects, indicating that one is not as efficient as the other.
Example: "The new software updates are less efficient than the previous version, leading to slower processing times."
Alternatives: "are not as efficient as" or "are inferior in efficiency to".
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If it is an old cast iron boiler, they can go for 40 plus years, if kept up, although they are less efficient than the new high efficiency ones available today.
And fast muscles are less efficient than slower ones.
(The private insurers are less efficient than Medicare and receive billions in subsidies from the government).
But is it a viable one? 1. Small, diversified farms are less efficient than large ones.
So even if they are less efficient than silicon solar cells, they could prove cost-effective.
Animals are less efficient than plants at converting nutrients and water into calories.
They are less efficient than silicon, at least for now, and are not expected to hit the market until 2005.
It is also shown that groove body cyclones are less efficient than conventional cyclones.
These alternatives — like clean-energy mandates and subsidies — are less efficient than carbon pricing, as skeptics like Nordhaus point out.
Brazil's high tariff barriers have created factories that are less efficient than those exposed to international competition.
Charming as tokens (particularly the old cutouts) were, the idea that MetroCards are less efficient than their minted forebears makes little sense.
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