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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. not producing desired results; wasteful;
- Example: "an inefficient campaign against drugs"
- Example: "outdated and inefficient design and methods"

2. lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate;
- Example: "an ineffective administration"
- Example: "inefficient workers"
[syn: ineffective, inefficient]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

inefficient adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods" [ant: efficient] 2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration";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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

42 Moby Thesaurus words for "inefficient": 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