Definitions for inefficient
ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ əntin·ef·fi·cient

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. inefficientadjective

   not producing desired results; wasteful

   "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods"

2. ineffective, inefficientadjective

   lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate

   "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"

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1. Inefficientadjective

   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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inefficientadjective

   Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.

   Celery is an inefficient food.

2. inefficientadjective

   Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.

   Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.

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1. inefficient

   Inefficient generally refers to a state or condition where a person, system, or process fails to make the best or most effective use of resources, such as time, energy, or materials. It implies that something is not functioning optimally or is wasteful.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Inefficientadjective

   not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures

2. Inefficientadjective

   incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. inefficient

   Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; effecting nothing; as, an inefficient force.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of inefficient in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of inefficient in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of inefficient in a Sentence

1. James Dyson:

   Hair dryers can be heavy, inefficient, and make a racket. By looking at them further, we realized that they can also cause extreme heat damage to hair, i challenged Dyson engineers to really understand the science of hair and develop our version of a hair dryer, which we think solves these problems.

2. President Obama:

   A central notion in the Affordable Care Act was we had an inefficient system with a lot of waste that didn't also deliver the kind of quality that was needed that often put health care providers in a box where they wanted to do better for their patients, but financial incentives were skewed the other way, we don't need to reinvent the wheel -- you're already figuring out what works to reduce infections in hospitals or help patients with complicated needs.

3. Bart Naylor:

   That's where a conservative begins -- that somehow the hand of the government is awkward and inefficient and that regulations are simply a cost, a group such as ourselves see regulations as a necessity to protect consumers and make sure that the economy is relatively fair.

4. Amama Mbabazi:

   Fellow Ugandans ... I will be seeking your vote, first within my party the NRM as its flag bearer, and later on in the whole country for president in the 2016 presidential elections, the coming election is ... about breathing new life into our system of government - a system that has become weak and inefficient.

5. Stamen Yanev:

   Bulgaria has a lot of strong points - political stability, its membership in the European Union, the strategic geographical position, low tax and cheap labour. But at the same time we have to challenge the inefficient bureaucracy.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=inefficient
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=inefficient
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Inefficient
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inefficient
6. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html