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inefficient
[ in-i-fish-uhnt ]
adjective
- not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
- lacking in ability, incompetent.
inefficient
/ ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt /
adjective
- unable to perform a task or function to the best advantage; wasteful or incompetent
- unable to produce the desired result
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Derived Forms
- ˌinefˈficiently, adverb
- ˌinefˈficiency, noun
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Other Words From
- inef·ficient·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of inefficient1
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Example Sentences
In response to hearing her story, Uber apologized for the "inefficient route" and partially refunded her fare.
Woman claims Uber driver kidnapped her, Uber claims "inefficient route."
This welfare spending discourages work, increases taxes, and operates as a hidden and inefficient subsidy to low-wage businesses.
Bureaucracies are inefficient and dishonest—maybe not intentionally . . . but because there are too many moving parts.
The disappearance of one flight and shooting down of another has pushed the inefficient carrier to the brink of collapse.
The use of grout is, therefore, a sign of inefficient workmanship, and should not be countenanced in good work.
They continued to be of some service to the community in the inefficient condition of the public police.
The last governor was kind, but inefficient, and some months ago was sent to the West Indies, where he is officially buried.
Was our devotion paid to the wretched, inefficient, clumsy contrivance, which this new doctrine would make it?
Napoleon's Council of State, touched with tenderness towards erring women, was quite inefficient.
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