not doing a job well and not making the best use of time, money, energy, etc:
an inefficient heating system * inefficient government * an extremely inefficient secretary * inefficient use of time and energy
OPPEFFICIENT
inefficiency noun [U,C] (plural inefficiencies):
waste and inefficiency in government * inefficiencies in the system
inefficiently adverb
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