ineffective, inefficient
(adjective) lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; “an ineffective administration”; “inefficient workers”
inefficient
(adjective) not producing desired results; wasteful; “an inefficient campaign against drugs”; “outdated and inefficient design and methods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
inefficient (comparative more inefficient, superlative most inefficient)
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing
• efficient
inefficient (plural inefficients)
A person who cannot or does not work efficiently.
A general shaking up of the workers from top to bottom would result; and when equilibrium had been restored, the number of the inefficients at the bottom of the Abyss would have been increased by hundreds of thousands.
Source: Wiktionary
In`ef*fi"cient, a.
1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
15 March 2025
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
Espresso is both a coffee beverage and a brewing method that originated in Italy. When making an espresso, a small amount of nearly boiling water under pressure forces through finely-ground coffee beans. It has more caffeine per unit volume than most coffee beverages. Its smaller serving size will take three shots to equal a mug of standard brewed coffee.
