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inefficient

[ in-i-fish-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. not efficient; unable to effect or achieve the desired result with reasonable economy of means.
  2. lacking in ability, incompetent.


inefficient

/ 藢瑟苍瑟藞蹿瑟蕛蓹苍迟 /

adjective

  1. unable to perform a task or function to the best advantage; wasteful or incompetent
  2. unable to produce the desired result
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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  • 藢颈苍别蹿藞蹿颈肠颈别苍迟濒测, adverb
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of inefficient1

First recorded in 1740鈥50; in- 3 + efficient
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Kennedy called his department an 鈥渋nefficient鈥 and 鈥渟prawling bureaucracy鈥 that had seen rates of cancer and chronic disease increase as its budget had increased.

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One of the favorite pseudo-intellectuals of the movement, Curtis Yarvin, sneeringly calls it "dictator phobia" to argue that government should depend on the will of the people, dismissing democracy as outdated and inefficient.

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Campaign groups like the TaxPayers' Alliance have long criticised quangos, claiming they allow ministers to dodge responsibility for mistakes and can be inefficient and costly.

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鈥淟iving gigantic sharks, such as the whale shark and basking shark, as well as many other gigantic aquatic vertebrates like whales have slender bodies because large stocky bodies are hydrodynamically inefficient for swimming,鈥 Shimada said.

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Jobs created, production lines expanded 鈥 war is inefficient in many ways, but it鈥檚 great for the economy, as long as you鈥檙e building the right things.

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