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Synonyms for inefficient
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-i-fish-uh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ ənt |
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Définition of inefficient
Origin :- 1750, "not producing the desired effect," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + efficient. Related: Inefficiency (1749); inefficiently.
- adj not working well; wasteful
- As a result there was inefficient farming and a low standard of living.
- Extract from : « The Farmer and His Community » by Dwight Sanderson
- The organization of the railway system was most inefficient.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- His attack, if inefficient for want of numbers, was critical in point of time.
- Extract from : « The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- He did not know what to do; and being weak and inefficient, did nothing.
- Extract from : « Winning His Way » by Charles Carleton Coffin
- If a large organization does not hand over authority it is inefficient.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- If it does not make experiments with men and methods it is inefficient.
- Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
- In this statement Gibson again condemned Sweeney as inefficient.
- Extract from : « Spring Street » by James H. Richardson
- Other means are inefficient, and seldom and, at most, accidentally successful.
- Extract from : « Old-Time Makers of Medicine » by James J. Walsh
- They would be inefficient—too light, and destructive to the bores.
- Extract from : « Space Prison » by Tom Godwin
- It was the fight of the spirit against that which is dead and inefficient.
- Extract from : « The Psychology of Nations » by G.E. Partridge
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