English-German translations for inefficient

• ineffizient
  Es ist eine Schande, dass wir so ineffizient sind. It is a shame that we are so inefficient.
  Dieser im Jahr 2000 begonnene Dialog hat sich als ineffizient erwiesen. This dialogue, established in 2000, proved to be inefficient.
  Es heißt, öffentliche Behörden seien bürokratisch und ineffizient. It is said that public authorities are bureaucratic and inefficient.

Definition of 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
• A person who cannot or does not work efficiently

Examples

• Celery is an inefficient food.
• inefficient workers
• an inefficient administrator
• Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.

Related words

• inefficiency
• inefficacious
• inefficacy