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Definition of Inefficient

1. Adjective. Not producing desired results; wasteful. "Outdated and inefficient design and methods"

2. Adjective. Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate. "Inefficient workers"

Definition of Inefficient

1. a. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.

Definition of Inefficient

1. Adjective. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures. ¹

2. Adjective. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inefficient

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inefficient

ineffectiveness ineffectual ineffectuality ineffectuall ineffectually ineffectualness ineffervescence ineffervescent inefficacies inefficacious

inefficaciously inefficaciousness inefficacy inefficiencies inefficiency inefficient (current term) inefficiently inefficients inegalitarian inegalitarianism

inegalitarians inelaborate inelastic inelastically inelasticities inelasticity inelative inelative case inelegance inelegances

Literary usage of Inefficient

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"So in the world of business; when inefficient management results in bankruptcy, the fact is given all publicity; when it merely results in losses, few, ..."

2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"... you will be free from tedious (and inefficient) hand plotting of graphs and charts. Get computer capability for your lab for less than $1.11 per hour. ..."

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