Meaning of INEFFICIENT
| Pronunciation: | | `ini'fishunt
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- [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- [adj] not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods"
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| | Synonyms: | | incompetent, ineffective, uneconomical, wasteful |
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| | Antonyms: | | efficient | | |
| | See Also: | | ineffectual, uneffective | |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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