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(adjective) not producing desired results; wasteful; “an inefficient campaign against drugs”; “outdated and inefficient design and methods”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
16 May 2025
(adjective) marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
