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US
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt/
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[ UK /ɪnɪfˈɪʃənt/ ]
[ UK /ɪnɪfˈɪʃənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not producing desired results; wasteful
outdated and inefficient design and methods
an inefficient campaign against drugs -
lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate
inefficient workers
an ineffective administration
How To Use inefficient In A Sentence
- The pilot process is a monstrous waste of time and money, stunningly inefficient an you say "amortize" kids? Re-Arranging the Deck Chairs
- They may feel that mechanized trail use is inappropriate and are angered by the inefficient two-cycle engine noise and exhaust.
- The keel is a centreboard but not weighted; the ballast is in the hull itself (which sounds inefficient but actually works surprisingly well).
- Procedures that were set up to expose and correct dishonesty were themselves blocked or shown to be inefficient.
- The company ended last year with a small amount of cash in the bank, which is an inefficient use of capital. Times, Sunday Times
- This apparently inefficient system gives us the ability to deal with the natural variability of the diurnal rhythms of light and temperature.
- Its ageing components make it increasingly inefficient and difficult to adapt to the demand for more and greener power. Times, Sunday Times
- And when they farm - if they farm at all - they do so inefficiently, in smallholdings, largely at the mercy of nature.
- Inefficient use of resources was a form of moral irresponsibility.
- Land use is inefficient and population distribution poor. Times, Sunday Times