inefficient
Plural: inefficients
Adjective
- not producing desired results; wasteful
- "an inefficient campaign against drugs"
- "outdated and inefficient design and methods"
Adjective Satellite
- lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate
- "inefficient workers"
Adj
- Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious
- Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing
Noun
- A person who cannot or does not work efficiently.
Examples
- an inefficient administrator
- Celery is an inefficient food.
- inefficient workers
- Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.
Origin / Etymology
From in- + efficient.
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Scrabble Score: 19
inefficient: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordinefficient: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
inefficient: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 22
inefficient: valid Words With Friends Word