HOW TO PRONOUNCE
inefficient
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt/
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What does inefficient mean?
adjective
- Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious.
- Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing.
noun
- A person who cannot or does not work efficiently.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt/
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Nothing is thought of but emigration, and the best people are going, leaving the old, the weak, and the inefficient at home.
In his hands they lost the rude and inefficient character, the inexpert and spiritless manner, which, under ordinary commanders, always distinguish them.
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These curves showed that the tips of long-bladed propellers were inefficient, as was also the portion of the blade near the root.
If, in that year, the government proved itself either inefficient or tyrannical, to any serious degree, the contract would not be renewed.
Of course she is a vague, unfocused, inefficient old thing, but she does love the children, and with proper supervision is fairly useful.