uncompetitive

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Recent Examples of uncompetitive Oakland’s bloated structure drains millions from classrooms, keeps teacher salaries uncompetitive and spreads resources dangerously thin. Anne Campbell Washington, Mercury News, 16 May 2025 Bearing those labor costs would make the traditional furniture industry uncompetitive with online discounters such as Wayfair that ship modular pieces for consumers to assemble, Williams said. Paul Davidson, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025 The usually raucous Golden 1 Center became a library as the game turned uncompetitive. Bobby Krivitsky, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025 Last year's champion, Max Verstappen, had a torrid time and finished sixth in an uncompetitive Red Bull. ArsTechnica, 14 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncompetitive
Recent Examples of Synonyms for uncompetitive
Adjective
  • Until now, those elite teams would come to America only to play noncompetitive exhibition matches.
    Sam Brock, NBC news, 11 July 2025
  • In the documentary, McFadden said Walters' ambition and Jackie's noncompetitive disposition accounted for some of the friction between them.
    Sean Keane, ABC News, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Ocasio-Cortez did vote against the defense bill as a whole, which includes $122.5 million for U.S.-Israel cooperative development programs, according to the House Appropriations Committee.
    Sudiksha Kochi, USA Today, 22 July 2025
  • This marks the third cooperative engagement between Chinese and Vietnamese forces since April, when their naval forces and coast guards conducted two separate joint patrols in the Beibu Gulf—also known as the Gulf of Tonkin—off the coasts of Vietnam and China.
    Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025

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“Uncompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/uncompetitive. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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