Inefficiency

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Inefficiency \In`ef*fi"cien*cy\, n.
     The quality of being inefficient; lack of power or energy
     sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity;
     as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  inefficiency
       n : unskillfulness resulting from a lack of efficiency [ant: {efficiency}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  45 Moby Thesaurus words for "inefficiency":
     disability, disablement, disqualification, imbecility, inability,
     inadeptness, inadequacy, inaptitude, inaptness, inattentiveness,
     incapability, incapacitation, incapacity, incompetence,
     incompetency, indexterity, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality,
     ineptitude, ineptness, infancy, inferiority, insufficiency,
     legal incapacity, maladjustment, maladroitness, mediocrity,
     minority, pedestrianism, rustiness, skill-lessness,
     thoughtlessness, unaptness, uncleverness, undeftness,
     undexterousness, undextrousness, unfitness, unfittedness,
     unintelligence, unproficiency, unschooledness, unskillfulness,
     untrainedness, wardship