Synonyms for inefficient
ˌɪn ɪˈfɪʃ əntin·ef·fi·cient

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1. inefficientadjective

   Antonyms:
   efficient

2. inefficientadjective

   Celery is an inefficient food.

   Antonyms:
   efficient

3. inefficientadjective

   Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.

   Antonyms:
   efficient

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1. inefficientadjective

   not producing desired results; wasteful

   "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods"

   Synonyms:
   ineffective

   Antonyms:
   high-octane, economic, competent, cost-efficient, efficient, streamlined, cost-effective, economical, businesslike, expeditious

2. ineffective, inefficientadjective

   lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate

   "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"

   Synonyms:
   unable, ineffective, ineffectual, uneffective

   Antonyms:
   expeditious, cost-efficient, high-octane, streamlined, economic, businesslike, competent, efficient, cost-effective, economical

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1. inefficientadjective

   Synonyms:
   weak, feeble, impotent, powerless

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1. inefficientadjective

   Synonyms:
   ineffective, inefficacious, slack, remiss, incompetent

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1. List of paraphrases for "inefficient":

   ineffective, ineffectual

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1. Chief Financial Officer Ingo Uytdehaage:

   Acquiring a platform and then migrating it is so inefficient that I don't see it. It's mostly centred around (acquiring) talent.

2. Steny Hoyer:

   It's a terrible, inefficient, wrong way to run the government of the United States.

3. Katheryn Martinez:

   It's an inefficient government that kills children and doesn't acknowledge it.

4. James Dyson:

   Hair dryers can be heavy, inefficient, and make a racket. By looking at them further, we realized that they can also cause extreme heat damage to hair, i challenged Dyson engineers to really understand the science of hair and develop our version of a hair dryer, which we think solves these problems.

5. Amama Mbabazi:

   The coming election is ... about breathing new life into our system of government - a system that has become weak and inefficient.