Dictionary Entry
inefficient
inefficient is a 11-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures. Face value is 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
11 letters · Scrabble 19 · Words With Friends 22 · 4 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
- 2adjective
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
- 3adjective
lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate
"an ineffective administration"
"inefficient workers"
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- 4adjective
not producing desired results; wasteful
"an inefficient campaign against drugs"
"outdated and inefficient design and methods"
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