| 单词 | inefficient |
| 释义 | inefficient (once / 1456 pages) adj Inefficient things waste time, money, or other resources. Your old inefficient dishwasher uses much more water and electricity than a new model would. Shame on you. Inefficient businesses have trouble making money and growing, and an inefficient city bus system might transport just a few passengers at a time. If your car is inefficient, it gets terrible gas mileage and is expensive to drive. If something is efficient, it's productive and inexpensive. Inefficient has the opposite meaning, which is clear from the "not" prefix in-. WORD FAMILYinefficient: inefficiency, inefficiently+/efficiency: efficiencies/efficient: efficiency, efficiently, inefficient/inefficiency: inefficiencies USAGE EXAMPLES“I was inefficient with my energy,” he said, with a shrug. The New Yorker(Dec 30, 2016) They are inefficient, expensive to heat, cool and maintain, and they don’t fit the needs of the modern workplace, the Army says. Washington Times(Dec 26, 2016) Surely it’s not surprising that the Pentagon is inefficient and would prefer to pretend it’s not. Washington Times(Dec 23, 2016) 1adj not producing desired results; wasteful an inefficient campaign against drugs outdated and inefficient design and methods Syn|Ant incompetent not qualified or suited for a purpose ineffective, ineffectual, uneffectivenot producing an intended effect uneconomical, wastefulinefficient in use of time and effort and materials efficient being effective without wasting time or effort or expense competentproperly or sufficiently qualified or capable or efficient effective, effectual, efficaciousproducing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect businesslikeexhibiting methodical and systematic characteristics that would be useful in business cost-effective, cost-efficientproductive relative to the cost economic, economicalusing the minimum of time or resources necessary for effectiveness expeditiousmarked by speed and efficiency high-octaneused of gasoline; having a high octane number streamlinedmade efficient by stripping off nonessentials 2adj lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate inefficient workers Syn ineffective incompetent not qualified or suited for a purpose |
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