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were inefficient
adjective
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
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Ofwat believed some of them were inefficient.
"About 300 to 500 spinning machines were inefficient," he said.
When he reviewed the efficiency of city agencies, he sought to improve those that were inefficient.
Sure, the Knicks and the Bulls played solid defense, but they were inefficient on offense.
The Nets were inefficient on offense and typically dysfunctional on defense.
In his letter to Mr. Hastert, the president said such deductions were "inefficient" and proposed making them tax credits instead.
I'm saying, if they were inefficient in this way, it would be really easy to make a boatload of money".
Just as there were efficient providers in high-cost areas, there were inefficient ones in low-cost areas.
The reason China initially backed away from state control was because companies were inefficient and corrupt, and ultimately people suffered.
Other search-engine sites were as cluttered and garbagey visually as they were inefficient functionally, simultaneously trying to sell and inform and bamboozle.
Both Chrysler and G.M., as well as the Obama administration's auto task force, argued that the carmakers' dealer networks were inefficient.
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