Found 3 hits - Term: inefficient, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inefficient \in`effi"cient\, a.
1. not efficient; not producing the effect intended or
desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and
excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as,
inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too
expensive.
1913 webster +pjc
2. incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action;
habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing;
as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
1913 webster
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
inefficient
adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient
campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient
design and methods" ant: efficient
2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;
inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient
workers" syn: ineffective
see also:
efficient ineffective
- [3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
42 moby thesaurus words for "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
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