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The term "inefficiency" originated in the mid-19th century as a combination of the prefix "in-" (meaning "not") and the noun "efficiency."
Efficiency itself was first used in the early 19th century to describe the ratio of output to input in a process or system. It was influenced by the concept of "utility" in economics, which refers to the usefulness or value of something.
By adding the prefix "in-" to "efficiency," the term "inefficiency" was coined to denote the opposite of efficiency. It became widely used in the scientific, industrial, and economic fields to describe processes or systems that were not operating at their optimal level of productivity or effectiveness.
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