Inefficiency

What it means

1. (noun) Lack of efficiency or effectiveness.

Letter analysis

• Inefficiency contains 12 letters: 5 vowel(s) and 7 consonant(s).
• It uses 6 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 5.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 25.

Sub-words

• efficiency
• cynic
• fence
• finny
• niece
• fief
• fife
• fine
• iffy
• nice
• nine
• eye
• fee
• fen
• fey
• fie
• fin
• ice
• icy
• iii
• inc
• inn
• yen

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• abbreviating
• abbreviation
• abolitionist
• abominations
• abortionists
• abrasiveness
• abridgements
• abstractedly
• abstractions
• abstractness
• abstruseness
• academically
• academicians
• accelerating
• acceleration
• accelerators
• accentuating
• accentuation

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Words starting with INE

• inebriate
• inebriated
• inebriates
• inebriating
• inebriation
• inedible
• ineducable
• ineffable
• ineffably
• ineffective
• ineffectively
• ineffectiveness
• ineffectual
• ineffectually
• inefficiencies
• inefficient
• inefficiently
• inelastic

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Words ending with NCY

• absorbency
• accountancy
• agency
• ascendancy
• ascendency
• astringency
• belligerency
• bouncy
• brilliancy
• buoyancy
• captaincy
• chancy
• chaplaincy
• clemency
• codependency
• cogency
• competency
• complacency

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