uncompetitive

adjective

un·​com·​pet·​i·​tive ˌən-kəm-ˈpe-tə-tiv 

: not competitive : unable to compete

The only real alternative would be to protect those uncompetitive industries against foreign competition.

—Business Week

Greene took his latest Courageous to Australia for the current race, but he says he withdrew it when it proved uncompetitive against other boats backed by fatter treasuries.

—John Rousmaniere

uncompetitiveness noun

Examples of uncompetitive in a Sentence

As long as the school system keeps offering uncompetitive wages, people looking for jobs will apply elsewhere.

Recent Examples on the Web

The team projects to carry a payroll of less than $70 million in 2025, and is not expected to spend in free agency to fill the gaps apparent on their uncompetitive roster. —Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024

Bidding is often uncompetitive simply because only one firm possess the necessary expertise. —Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024

Digging into individual races, most seats in the House are uncompetitive, so the contests that will decide the House majority make up a very small proportion of the overall map. —Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2024

Services such as those in IT and business process outsourcing, which accounts for 75% of exports, are unlikely to become uncompetitive suddenly. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 8 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

uncompetitive

adjective

un·​com·​pet·​i·​tive ˌən-kəm-ˈpet-ət-iv 

: not competitive : unable to compete

uncompetitiveness noun