INEFFICIENT


Meaning of INEFFICIENT in English

adjective

1.

Synonyms: ineffective 3, ineffectual, inefficacious

Antonyms: efficient

2.

incapable of the proper performance of duties

inefficient workmen

Synonyms: incapable, incompetent, inept, inexpert, unexpert, unskilled, unskillful, unworkmanlike

Related Word: careless, slipshod, slovenly; unfitted, unprepared, unqualified, untrained; unskilled, unskillful

Contrasted words: able, adept, capable, competent, expert, proficient, qualified, skilled, skillful, workmanlike

Antonyms: efficient

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