uncompetitive
adjective
un·com·pet·i·tive
ˌən-kəm-ˈpe-tə-tiv 
: not competitive : unable to compete
The only real alternative would be to protect those uncompetitive industries against foreign competition.—
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Business WeekGreene took his latest Courageous to Australia for the current race, but he says he withdrew it when it proved uncompetitive against other boats backed by fatter treasuries.—John Rousmaniere
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uncompetitiveness
noun
Examples of uncompetitive in a Sentence
As long as the school system keeps offering uncompetitive wages, people looking for jobs will apply elsewhere.
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Digging into individual races, most seats in the House are uncompetitive, so the contests that will decide the House majority make up a very small proportion of the overall map.
—Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Services such as those in IT and business process outsourcing, which accounts for 75% of exports, are unlikely to become uncompetitive suddenly.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024
The United States’ higher labor costs would make U.S. industries uncompetitive in global markets.
—Roberta Jacobson, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2020
In most counties, these elections are uncompetitive: Sheriffs usually run either unopposed or against weak candidates.
—Emily Farris, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024
Services such as those in IT and business process outsourcing, which accounts for 75% of exports, are unlikely to become uncompetitive suddenly.
—Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024
The United States’ higher labor costs would make U.S. industries uncompetitive in global markets.
—Roberta Jacobson, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2020
In most counties, these elections are uncompetitive: Sheriffs usually run either unopposed or against weak candidates.
—Emily Farris, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2024
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uncompetitive
adjective
un·com·pet·i·tive
ˌən-kəm-ˈpet-ət-iv
: not competitive : unable to compete
uncompetitiveness
noun
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