Inefficient

3 definitions found

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

  Inefficient \In`ef*fi"cient\, a.
     1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or
        desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and
        excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as,
        inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too
        expensive.


        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action;
        habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing;
        as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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              campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient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}]

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

  42 Moby Thesaurus words for "inefficient":
     artless, careless, half-assed, inadept, inapt, inattentive,
     incapable, incapable of, incompetent, ineffective, ineffectual,
     inefficacious, inept, inexpert, inferior, mediocre, pedestrian,
     poor, skill-less, slipshod, slovenly, thoughtless, unable,
     unable to, unapt, undeft, undexterous, undextrous, unendowed,
     unfacile, unfit, unfitted, ungifted, unintelligent, unprepared,
     unproficient, unqualified, unskilled, unskillful, untalented,
     untrained, unworkmanlike