Complete Definition of "inefficient"

English
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Etymology
prefix|in|efficient

Adjective
en-adj

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

#:Celery is an inefficient food.

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

#:Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.

Antonyms
efficient

Translations

Chinese: ��� (wú jié gu�)
French: inefficace

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