INEFFICIENT


Meaning of INEFFICIENT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnɪfɪʃ(ə)nt ]

Inefficient people, organizations, systems, or machines do not use time, energy, or other resources in the best way.

Their communication systems are inefficient in the extreme.

≠ efficient

ADJ

• in‧ef‧fi‧cien‧cy

(inefficiencies)

...the inefficiency of the distribution system.

N-VAR

• in‧ef‧fi‧cient‧ly

Energy prices have been kept low, so energy is used inefficiently.

ADV : ADV with v

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