"inefficient" meaning in English

See inefficient in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inefficient.wav [UK] Forms: inefficient [positive], more inefficient [comparative], most inefficient [superlative]
Etymology: in- + efficient Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|in|efficient}} in- + efficient Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If someone or something is inefficient, it is not efficient.
    Sense id: simple-inefficient-en-adj-ZH--93FH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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