Meaning

2 senses
  1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious.

    Celery is an inefficient food.

    not producing desired results; wasteful

  2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing.

    inefficient workers

    an inefficient administrator

Examples

22 sentences
  1. I think Tom is inefficient.

    Мені здається, Том неефективний.

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  2. This is highly inefficient.

    Це дуже неефективно.

    ruЭто очень неэффективно.

    deDas ist höchst ineffizient.

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  3. I think that Tom is inefficient.

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  4. That's a very inefficient way to do that.

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  5. Tom is inefficient.

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Translations

6 languages

Forms

more inefficient, most inefficient
Comparativemore inefficient Lesson
Superlativemost inefficient Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate:ineffective

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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