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Noun
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Congress should not go out of its way to create greater inefficiency in a private sector that has made the U.S. economy the envy of the world.—
John L. Mica,
The Orlando Sentinel,
13 July 2025 -
Turning Frustration into Founding Each of these healthcare founders started not with a business plan but with a clear understanding of the frustrations and inefficiencies inherent in their daily work.—
Jaime Catmull,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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As research highlighted the inefficacy and unintended consequences of these laws, states rolled them back or modified them, mostly by partially repealing them or reducing the severity of mandatory sentences.—
John Leverso,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2025
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The solution is to test AI agents thoroughly to identify any inefficacies.—
Theo Schnitfink,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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There have been encouraging signs in other games or even in consecutive games, only to have the Padres revert to being the offensive impatience and impotence.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 July 2025
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The surgery to remove the prostate is often done outpatient, and has low risk for incontinence and impotence, but can cause erectile dysfunction, which can be treated by medication.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Louis Thuillier was distraught by his inability to know the plight of his subjects; to view the photographs from the distance of a century can imbue the viewer with a similar melancholy.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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What’s maddening is Gunn’s inability to let his characters sit in discomfort.—
Paul A. Thompson,
Pitchfork,
11 July 2025
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The resulting media circus of their incompetence distracts us from their behind-the-scenes actions that are fueling a growing health crisis impacting the very working-class communities that helped deliver Trump his second term.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 July 2025
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Unlike paternalism — which presumes incompetence and justifies overriding someone’s autonomy — maternalism operates relationally, that is to say, it is rooted in relational awareness.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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“Ineffectualness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffectualness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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