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Inefficient definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INEFFI'CIENT, a. [in and efficient.] Not efficient; not producing the effect; inefficacious.
1. Not active; effecting nothing; as an inefficient force.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods" [ant: efficient]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, inefficient]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1750 not efficient: as a. not producing the effect intended or desired b. wasteful of time or energy <inefficient operating procedures> c. incapable, incompetent <an inefficient worker> • inefficient noun • inefficiently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 not efficient. 2 (of a person) not fully capable; not well qualified. Derivatives: inefficiency n. inefficiently adv.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Inefficient In`ef*fi"cient, a. 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures. 2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Inefficient people, organizations, systems, or machines do not use time, energy, or other resources in the best way. Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme. ? efficient ADJ • inefficiency (inefficiencies) ...the inefficiency of the distribution system. N-VAR • inefficiently Energy prices have been kept low, so energy is used inefficiently. ADV: ADV with v

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Ineffective, lacking in efficiency, weak, feeble.

Moby Thesaurus

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