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inefficiency

How many syllables in inefficiency?

  5 syllables

Divide inefficiency into syllables:   in-ef-fi-cien-cy
Primary syllable stress:   in-ef-fi-cien-cy
Secondary syllable stress:   in-ef-fi-cien-cy
How to pronounce inefficiency:   in-i-fish-un-see
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