inefficient

== English == === Etymology === From in- +‎ efficient. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/ Rhymes: -ɪʃənt === Adjective === inefficient (comparative more inefficient, superlative most inefficient) Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing. ==== Antonyms ==== efficient ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === inefficient (plural inefficients) A person who cannot or does not work efficiently. 1889, New York (State). Dept. of Labor. Bureau of Statistics, Annual Report (part 2, page 127) Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […]