uncompetitiveness

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A lack of ability to succeed against other companies in business

noun
/ˌʌn.kəmˈpɛt.ɪ.tɪv.nəs/

: no competitividad

The company's uncompetitiveness in the global market has led to significant job losses.

Examples

Experts attribute the region's economic decline to its long-term uncompetitiveness in technology and innovation.
So yeah, I guess I was only half right about the unions in this one specific incident (we'll just ignore all of their corruption, graft, criminal behavior, and general surly uncompetitiveness in every other thing), but by golly I was half wrong!

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The state's uncompetitiveness in attracting new businesses is a major concern for local officials.

Synonyms

noncompetitiveness

vsuncompetitiveness

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A situation where people cannot or will not try to win against others

focuses only on inability to compete successfully rather than unwillingness

Antonyms

competitiveness

44 4.1

A strong wish to do better than other people

How Competitive

aggressiveness

6 4.4

competitiveness

44 4.1

uncompetitiveness

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Surface Forms

uncompetitiveness singular

uncompetitivenesses plural

Morphology

uncompetitiveness = uncompetitive (transparent) = un + compete + ive + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'uncompetitive' indicating the state or quality of being not competitive.

Etymology

The word uncompetitiveness starts with un- meaning 'not' and uses compete, which means 'to try to win' as in competition. So uncompetitiveness is the state of 'not being able to compete successfully'.