Associations to the word «Inefficient»

Wiktionary

INEFFICIENT, adjective. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
INEFFICIENT, adjective. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.

Dictionary definition

INEFFICIENT, adjective. Not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design and methods".
INEFFICIENT, adjective. Lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats