'Inefficient' definitions:
Definition of 'inefficient'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods" [ant: efficient]
adjective
Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient]
Definition of 'Inefficient'
From: GCIDE
- Inefficient \In`ef*fi"cient\, a.
- 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too expensive. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inefficient'
From: 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