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empresa ineficiente

[ɛm'prezɐ ĩnɛfiˈsjẽtɨ]
noun phrasefemininepl: empresas ineficientes
inefficient company
1. A business organization that fails to achieve optimal results with its available resources, characterized by poor management, wasteful operations, or low productivity
The empresa ineficiente lost market share due to slow decision-making processes.
A empresa ineficiente perdeu participação no mercado devido aos processos lentos de tomada de decisão.
2. An enterprise that operates with excessive costs relative to its output or revenue generation
After the audit, it was clear the empresa ineficiente needed structural reorganization.
Após a auditoria, ficou claro que a empresa ineficiente precisava de reorganização estrutural.
NYC Slang
inefficient operation, poorly-run shop
Synonyms
empresa improdutivaempresa desorganizadaempresa deficienteempresa mal administrada
Antonyms
empresa eficienteempresa produtivaempresa bem geridaempresa lucrativa

Regional Variations

General Brazilian Portuguese
empresa ineficiente
Standard usage across Brazil
São Paulo
empresa ineficiente
Common in business context; often used in corporate evaluations
Rio de Janeiro
empresa ineficiente
Standard usage; may colloquially use 'empresa bagunçada'
Portugal
empresa ineficiente
Standard European Portuguese; formal business terminology

Related Idioms & Phrases

uma empresa com os pés de barro
uma empresa que anda de costas
uma empresa que não decola
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