inefficient template
[ɪnɪˈfɪʃənt ˈtɛmplət]
nounpl: inefficient templates
modelo ineficiente
1. A predetermined pattern, format, or framework that fails to achieve its intended purpose optimally, consuming excessive time, resources, or effort relative to its output or results
The company's inefficient template for processing customer requests led to longer response times and increased operational costs.
O modelo ineficiente da empresa para processar solicitações de clientes resultou em tempos de resposta mais longos e custos operacionais aumentados.
2. In software development or design, a reusable code structure or design pattern that produces suboptimal performance or requires unnecessary complexity
Developers rewrote the inefficient template to reduce database queries and improve system speed.
Os desenvolvedores reescreveram o modelo ineficiente para reduzir consultas de banco de dados e melhorar a velocidade do sistema.
In Brazilian corporate environments, discussing inefficient templates is common in process improvement meetings and digital transformation initiatives. In Portugal and other European Portuguese-speaking contexts, there's a preference for 'padrão ineficiente,' though the English term 'template' is increasingly used in tech industries across all Portuguese-speaking regions.
Related Idioms & Phrases
a square peg in a round hole (inefficient fit or template)
like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole (using an inefficient template)
reinventing the wheel (creating inefficient templates when good ones exist)
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