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Antonyms for inefficient

Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-i-fish-uh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ ənt

Definition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Synonyms for inefficient

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