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Contexts ▼▲ Lack of efficiency or effectiveness Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body Futility Unproductiveness or idleness The act of disorganizing The condition of being insufficient … more ▼ ▲ Noun ▲ Lack of efficiency or effectiveness incompetence carelessness disorganisationUK disorganizationUS inability inadequacy incapability ineffectiveness ineptitude slackness sloppiness uselessness wastefulness impotence powerlessness incapacity helplessness weakness feebleness infirmity paralysis enervation frailty incompetency inefficacy insufficiency ineffectualness ineptness amateurishness cack-handedness clumsiness deficiency ineffectuality inexpertness ham-fistedness hopelessness inexperience skill-lessness stupidity unfitness unskillfulness lack of ability lack of proficiency lack of skill worthlessness impracticality fruitlessness futility indecisiveness absurdity gaucheness inappropriateness pointlessness unhandiness awkwardness maladroitness ungracefulness defectiveness faultiness inaptness inferiority substandardness unsatisfactoriness unsuitableness inaptitude disqualification failure incapacitation inutility lack necessity shortcoming unworkability impossibility inapplicability romanticism impracticability inconvenience ridiculousness unfeasibility unviability unwieldiness disability debility impairment indisposition injury defenselessness subjection “One-third to one-half of all the energy consumed by small business is wasted through inefficiency.” Noun ▲ Faulty, inefficient or improper management or administration, especially by a government body maladministration mismanagement blundering bungling corruption incompetence misrule dishonesty malfeasance malpractice misgovernment mishandling misconduct malversation misfeasance misdirection negligence Noun ▲ Futility uselessness futility hopelessness incompetence ineptness unsuccessfulness emptiness frivolousness fruitlessness hollowness idleness ineffectiveness ineffectuality meaninglessness pointlessness senselessness unprofitableness vanity worthlessness bootlessness unavailingness vainness Noun ▲ Unproductiveness or idleness unproductiveness idleness ineffectiveness laziness productiveness slowness uselessness wastefulness Noun ▲ The act of disorganizing disorganisationUK disorganizationUS disorder chaos confusion disarray chance-medley disarrangement dishevelment disorderedness disorderliness disruption free-for-all havoc heck hell jumble mess messiness misorder muddle muss shambles tumble welter anarchy derangement disjointedness dissolution disunion foul-up inadequacy incoherence incompetence ineffectiveness ineptitude mix-up screw-up unconnectedness mare's nest snake pit rat's nest unholy mess Noun ▲ The condition of being insufficient insufficiency lack shortage inadequacy dearth scarcity want paucity scantiness deficiency deficit poverty scarceness undersupply absence inadequateness crunch deprivation drought drouth failure famine lacuna pinch shortfall sparseness exiguity exiguousness meagreness shortness ineffectuality short supply unfitness Find more words! 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