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Inefficient

Inefficient Meaning & Definition
Inefficient Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Inefficient?

[adj] lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
[adj] not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Inefficient: incompetent | ineffective | uneconomical | wasteful

Related Terms | Find terms related to Inefficient: artless | careless | half-assed | inadept | inapt | inattentive | incapable | incapable of | incompetent | ineffective | ineffectual | inefficacious | inept | inexpert | inferior | mediocre | pedestrian | poor | skill-less | slipshod | slovenly | thoughtless | unable | unable to | unapt | undeft | undexterous | undextrous | unendowed | unfacile | unfit | unfitted | ungifted | unintelligent | unprepared | unproficient | unqualified | unskilled | unskillful | untalented | untrained | unworkmanlike

See Also | ineffectual | uneffective

Inefficient In Webster's Dictionary

\In`ef*fi"cient\, a. 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures. 2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.

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