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muda

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Malaysia/ˈmudɑ/

muda noun: a form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer.

Noun

muda (uncountable)

  1. A form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer.

Proper noun capitalized: MUDA

MUDA

  1. (abbreviation, acronym, Malaysian politics) Acronym of Malaysian United Democratic Alliance

Origin of muda

From Japanese 無駄 (muda).

Questions about muda

What does muda mean?
Muda means a form of waste, or deviation from optimal allocation of resources, that occurs when work is performed that does not add value for the customer.
What part of speech is muda?
Muda can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce muda?
Muda is pronounced /ˈmudɑ/ (Malaysia).

Words near muda in the dictionary

  1. mud-roofed
  2. mud-scow
  3. mud-scows
  4. mud-turtle
  5. mud-turtles
  6. muda
  7. mudalia
  8. Mudaliar
  9. Mudaliars
  10. mudalias
  11. mudaliyar

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Adapted from Wiktionary: muda (page history and authors); MUDA (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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