uncompetitive


Also found in: Thesaurus, Financial.

un·com·pet·i·tive

(ŭn′kəm-pĕt′ĭ-tĭv)
adj.
Not competitive; not liking or inclined to compete.
un′com·pet′i·tive·ly adv.
un′com·pet′i·tive·ness n.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

uncompetitive

(ˌʌnkəmˈpɛtɪtɪv)
adj
not able or willing to compete
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj. 1. [画像:uncompetitive - not inclined to compete]uncompetitive - not inclined to compete
noncompetitive - not involving competition or competitiveness; "noncompetitive positions"; "noncompetitive interest in games"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations

uncompetitive

adj industry → nicht wettbewerbsfähig, wettbewerbsunfähig; price → nicht konkurrenzfähig
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Mentioned in ?
References in periodicals archive ?
He said that in Pakistan major chunk of electricity was produced through furnace oil which has significantly increased the cost of production making our exports uncompetitive in the international market.
ICCI protests against hike in prices of petroleum products
Trade and industry will become uncompetitive owing to increasing electricity tariffs, while exports will diminish and the economy will stagnate.
Costly electricity
That local cost of production is already high on account of electricity and gas outages, coupled with import duties on inputs, making the local production uncompetitive.
FTAs should be finalized to benefit local industry: APBF
They said the Rs 1.55 per unit increase in power tariff would not only make the country's exports uncompetitive on the world markets, but would also result in closure of more units across the country.
Increase in power tariff rejected by industry and trade
TEES small business leaders have slammed the current taxation system as "damaging and uncompetitive", as the escalating row over the abolition of the 10p income tax rate heaped further pressure on Gordon Brown today.
Leaders' blast in tax storm
The restructuring scheme was a key element of the 2006 reform of the Common Market Organisation for sugar, offering producers who would be uncompetitive at the new lower price a financial incentive to leave the sector.
SUGAR: CHANGES TO RESTRUCTURING SCHEME
Button's problems with an uncompetitive Honda were compounded when he was hit with a stop-go penalty for breaking the pit lane speed limit and then had radio problems to finish 15th.
Motor Racing: Rammed Davo ends in hospital; ROUND 1: AUSTRALIAN GRAND PRIX FROM MELBOURNE
AS football continues to be battered for being boring, uncompetitive and overrun with overpaid, pampered prima donnas, one man has stepped forward to deliver a typically robust solution.
Voice of the ECHO: Put fans first
And your solution is to remove freedom from Americans so uncompetitive U.S.
A friend in need is a friend in deed
But a risk-free Britain is an unimaginative and uncompetitive Britain, as the burgeoning industrial might of India and China is beginning to show
Blame culture

Full browser ?