[ひこうりつてき, hikouritsuteki] (adj-na) inefficient[Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Inefficient \In`ef*fi"cient\, a.
1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or
desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and
excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as,
inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too
expensive.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action;
habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing;
as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inefficient
adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient
campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design
and methods" [ant: {efficient}]
2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;
inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient
workers" [syn: {ineffective}, {inefficient}]
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