uncompetitive
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- adjective
- /ˌʌn.kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv/
:
no competitivo
- Canada's tax environment is generally considered to be uncompetitive compared with most countries with which we compete.
- become uncompetitive
- uncompetitive industries
- make it uncompetitive
Examples
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With larger firms offering lower prices, our products are now uncompetitive in the current market.
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In the U.S., a handful of companies in an uncompetitive industry are charging whatever customers are willing to pay.
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Key American industries had become uncompetitive at the same time the world economy had become more competitive.
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The Canadian service company has a tax rate of forty percent or more, so they are particularly uncompetitive.
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Oil and gas are uncompetitive with solar and wind if greenhouse gas emissions are considered.
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As a result, these insulated companies are becoming very uncompetitive worldwide.
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The public bears nearly all the cost of malfunctions and is locked into uncompetitive prices.
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Why are we protecting and subsidizing people with archaic, uncompetitive business practices?
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The Russian economy is still dominated by state-sanctioned monopolies in energy and uncompetitive industries that receive various forms of state protection.
Academic text (2000) -
Even the Economist's "diagnosis" points out that "Greece's moribund economy is hopelessly uncompetitive."
Blog text (8)
Antonyms
How Competitive
Surface Forms
Morphology
uncompetitive = competitive (transparent) = un + compete + ive
The sense is the straightforward negative of the common 'competitive' sense meaning 'able to compete successfully', so the negation is transparent.
Etymology
Uncompetitive is made of un-, meaning 'not', and competitive, from compete, meaning 'to try to win or be better'. So a company or product that is uncompetitive cannot compete well and may lose customers to other companies.