Engineering Optimization Vocabulary

verb to free from a burden or impediment

• It is important to disencumber the company's financial statements of any unnecessary information.
• I need to disencumber my room before my friends come over.
• I gotta disencumber all this junk from my car before we head out.
• She felt a weight lift off her shoulders as she began to disencumber herself from toxic relationships.

adjective not achieving maximum productivity; wasteful or ineffective

• The current system in place is highly inefficient and needs to be restructured.
• Using that old computer is so inefficient, it takes forever to load anything.
• This process is so janky, it's super inefficient.
• His leadership style is like a leaky bucket, constantly spilling potential and being inefficient.

noun lack of efficiency or effectiveness; incompetence

• The inefficiency of the current system has led to a decrease in productivity.
• The inefficiency of this process is really slowing us down.
• Man, the inefficiency of this whole setup is killing me.
• The inefficiency in communication is like a roadblock to progress.