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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- Example: "outdated and inefficient design and methods"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           campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design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]