Hypertext Webster Gateway: "inefficient"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Inefficient \In`ef*fi"cient\, a.
1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or
desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action;
habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing;
as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
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campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient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}]
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