uncompetitive
競争力のない
解説 Definition
市場において他社と競争できるだけの力を持っていない、競争力に欠ける状態。
If a person, company, product, or country is uncompetitive, it cannot compete successfully with others. It is often used in business or economics when prices, quality, skills, or conditions are weaker than those of rivals. The word suggests a lack of strength in competition.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
competitive を知っていれば、先頭の un- で「競争できる」の反対だとすぐ取れる。compete, competition, competitive をひとかたまりで覚え、その否定形が uncompetitive と整理すると忘れにくい。よくある形は uncompetitive prices, an uncompetitive company。weak と違って、ただ弱いのでなく「他社と比べて勝負にならない」感じ。noncompetitive は「競争的でない・競争を前提にしない」の意味にもなるので、そこも区別すると定着しやすい。
Build it from the word family `compete`, `competition`, and `competitive`. Then add `un-` to make the opposite: `uncompetitive`. It is often used in phrases like `uncompetitive prices`, where the idea is not just weak, but unable to compete with others.
例文
The company's uncompetitive wages made it difficult to attract qualified workers.
その会社の競争力のない賃金水準のせいで、優秀な人材を集めるのが困難だった。
High production costs have made our prices uncompetitive in the global market.
高い生産コストのせいで、私たちの価格はグローバル市場で競争力がなくなっている。
Without innovation, even established firms can quickly become uncompetitive.
イノベーションがなければ、老舗企業でもすぐに競争力を失いかねない。
uncompetitive の類義語・関連語
uncompetitive の語源・成り立ち Etymology
現代英語で un-「ない」+ competitive「競争できる」に分かれ、competitive はラテン語 competere「ともに求める」にさかのぼります。competition や compete と同根で、「争いに加われない」から「競争力のない」と理解できます。
This word was formed in modern English from un- and competitive. Competitive comes from compete, which goes back to Latin competere, originally meaning "strive together" or "seek together." The idea developed from taking part in a shared contest to being able to succeed in one, so uncompetitive came to mean not able to compete well. Related words include compete and competition.
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