uncompetitive
Britishadjective
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The NAO also reported a lack of examiners and found many were leaving "due to uncompetitive pay and safety concerns".
From BBC
“The new merged railroad usually raises rates on competing interchange partners to the point of making those lanes economically uncompetitive,” says Farmer, adding that this was Union Pacific’s own argument against previous rail-industry mergers.
When the car was clearly uncompetitive early on in 2025, the team made a collective decision to focus even more heavily on the 2026 car, even earlier.
From BBC
The pessimistic expectations are due to uncompetitive production costs, high regulatory uncertainty and slow approval procedures, VCI says.
“Whatever the risks, whatever the downsides,” Daniels said, “every participant feels like they have to press ahead or be left uncompetitive.”
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