English-Thai Dictionary

inefficient

ADJ ซึ่ง ไร้ ประสิทธิภาพ  ซึ่ง สูญเปล่า  incompetent incapable ineffective sung-rai-pra-sid-ti-phab

 

inefficiently

ADV อย่างไร้ ประสิทธิภาพ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INEFFICIENT

a.[in and efficient. ] Not efficient; not producing the effect; inefficacious. 1. Not active; effecting nothing; as an inefficient force.

 

INEFFICIENTLY

adv. Ineffectually; without effect.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

INEFFICIENT

INEFFICIENT 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.

 

INEFFICIENTLY

INEFFICIENTLY In `ef *fi "cient *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an inefficient manner.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

inefficient

in ef fi cient |ˌiniˈfiSHənt ˈˌɪnəˈfɪʃənt | ▶adjective not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources: an old, inefficient factory | the government was both inefficient and corrupt. DERIVATIVES in ef fi cien cy noun, in ef fi cient ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

inefficient

in |ef ¦fi |cient |ɪnɪˈfɪʃ (ə )nt | ▶adjective not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources: inefficient transport systems | the government was both inefficient and corrupt. DERIVATIVES inefficiency noun, inefficiently adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

inefficient

inefficient adjective 1 an inefficient worker: ineffective, ineffectual, unproductive, incompetent, inept, incapable, unfit, unskillful, inexpert, amateurish, unprofessional; disorganized, unprepared; negligent, lax, sloppy, slack, careless; informal lousy, useless, good-for-nothing. 2 inefficient processes: uneconomical, wasteful, unproductive, time-wasting, slow; deficient, disorganized, unsystematic.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

inefficient

inefficient adjective 1 my boss thinks I'm inefficient: ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, incompetent, inept, incapable, unfit, unsuitable, unskilled, unskilful, inexpert, amateurish; disorganized, badly organized, unprepared, undisciplined, negligent, lax, slipshod, sloppy, slack, remiss, careless; informal lousy, useless; Brit. vulgar slang couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery. ANTONYMS efficient. 2 a series of elaborate and inefficient processes: uneconomical, wasteful, purposeless, unproductive, time-wasting, slow, slow-moving, awkward, unwieldy, cumbersome, badly arranged, deficient, disorganized, unsystematic. ANTONYMS efficient.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

inefficient

in ef fi cient /ɪ̀nɪfɪ́ʃ (ə )nt /形容詞 more ～; most ～｟非難して ｠〈人 組織 (のやり方 )が 〉むだの多い , 要領の悪い ; 効率の悪い ▸ a horribly inefficient judicial system ひどく効率の悪い司法制度 .～ly 副詞 要領 [効率 ]の悪いやり方で, 不器用に .