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.—
Business Week
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
John Rousmaniere
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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They had been held back by former Mayor Sanders’ invalidated initiative that had seriously hampered the recruitment and retention of city employees by depressing wages and making San Diego uncompetitive.
—Chris Brewster, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
And stubbornly avoiding that reality could turn this undisciplined, overpaid team into an even less flexible and similarly uncompetitive version going forward.
—Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Some also attribute the uncompetitive prices to high taxes.
—John Collins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2015
Stars come out for South Carolina Eager to justify their choice of South Carolina to hold the first contest, the Democratic National Committee and the Biden reelection campaign are working overtime to turn out Black voters in the uncompetitive primary.
—USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
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Chris Brewster, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
And stubbornly avoiding that reality could turn this undisciplined, overpaid team into an even less flexible and similarly uncompetitive version going forward.
—Zac Jackson, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
Some also attribute the uncompetitive prices to high taxes.
—John Collins, Foreign Affairs, 22 Mar. 2015
Stars come out for South Carolina Eager to justify their choice of South Carolina to hold the first contest, the Democratic National Committee and the Biden reelection campaign are working overtime to turn out Black voters in the uncompetitive primary.
—USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2024
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“Uncompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompetitive. Accessed 24 Feb. 2025.
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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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