inefficient
adjective/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt/
/ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃnt/
- not doing a job well and not making the best use of time, money, energy, etc.
- an inefficient heating system
- inefficient government
- an extremely inefficient secretary
- inefficient use of time and energy
Extra Examples- an economically inefficient system
- The boss thinks the new secretary is inefficient.
- The regime was both inefficient and corrupt.
- The system is inherently inefficient.
- They continued to prop up inefficient state enterprises.
- This method of data storage is an inefficient use of memory.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- become
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- extremely
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