Meaning & use
inefficient
Not achieving maximum productivity, wasting time, energy, or resources in the process.
See it in a sentence
The old factory equipment was slow and inefficient compared to the new machines.
Answering every email individually is an inefficient way to communicate with a large team.
A note on using this word
Inefficient focuses on wasted resources or effort, while ineffective describes something that simply fails to produce the desired result.
Words with a similar meaning
wastefulineffective
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Words with an opposite meaning
efficientproductive
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