uncompetitive

adjective

un·​com·​pet·​i·​tive ˌən-kəm-ˈpe-tə-tiv How to pronounce uncompetitive (audio)
: not competitive : unable to compete
The only real alternative would be to protect those uncompetitive industries against foreign competition.Business Week
Greene 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
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.
Recent Examples on the Web Democrats in the state received presidential preference cards by mail, with the results of the uncompetitive primary announced on Tuesday. Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2024 The Democratic National Committee and the Biden reelection campaign are working overtime to turn out Black voters in the uncompetitive primary. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 22 Feb. 2024 The reception has hardly been positive and the film’s box office legs are facing the consequences of bad buzz, even in an extremely uncompetitive marketplace. J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Feb. 2024 Care must be taken that the compliance burden does not produce unreliable or uncompetitive supply chains. Rakesh Kumar, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023 The team has looked uncompetitive, finishing hundreds of points behind Red Bull and losing out on podiums to the likes of Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin. Sam Joseph, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024 Cable news ratings have fallen amid an uncompetitive presidential primary contest. Katie Robertson, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2024 Moody was a lone bright spot in the Warriors’ last two uncompetitive losses to the Toronto Raptors and New Orleans Pelicans, scoring 21 points in each shooting 57% from 3. Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 14 Jan. 2024 Analysts say the methods by which lenders calculate rates are out of step with reality — the product of an uncompetitive market with little transparency or regulation. Gabriela Sa Pessoa, Washington Post, 24 Dec. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of uncompetitive was in 1885

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“Uncompetitive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/uncompetitive. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

uncompetitive

adjective
un·​com·​pet·​i·​tive ˌən-kəm-ˈpet-ət-iv How to pronounce uncompetitive (audio)
: not competitive : unable to compete
uncompetitiveness noun

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