What are the opposite words for efficient?
The antonyms for the word "efficient" are "inefficient" and "ineffectual." Ineffective indicates that something does not produce the desired or intended outcome, whereas inefficient denotes that something is not utilizing its resources or energy in the best possible manner. An ineffective system or process wastes time, effort, and resources without producing the desired results. Moreover, an inefficient method or product requires more energy or resources than it should, resulting in wasted time and money. Therefore, it is essential to employ efficient methods or products that deliver desired outcomes using the least amount of energy or resources, while avoiding ineffective or inefficient methods that waste vital resources.
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- feeble
- feckless
- lame
- abortive
- flimsy
- incompetent
- ineffective
- inefficient
- inept
- thin
- unprofessional
- failing to achieve a goal
- all
- ineffective/ineffectual
- adept, effective
- without purpose
- not strong; ineffective
- unconvincing, implausible
- unskillful, unable
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
- fine, light, slender
- not done well or skillfully
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
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feeble
- sapless,
- wimpy,
- Strengthless,
- in adequate,
- in decisive,
- in firm,
- in firmer,
- in firmest,
- in substantial,
- in-adequate,
- in-decisive,
- in-firmer,
- in-firmest,
- in-substantial,
- in-sufficient,
- more chicken,
- more emasculated,
- more enfeebled,
- more strengthless,
- more vitiated,
- more zero,
- most chicken,
- most emasculated,
- most enfeebled,
- most etiolated,
- most sapless,
- most strengthless,
- most vitiated,
- most zero,
- out gas,
- out of gas,
- un convincing,
- un-convincing,
- wimpiest.
- feckless
-
lame
- halter,
- lame,
- unpleasing,
- sidelined,
- lamest,
- de formed,
- de-formed,
- gimper,
- gimpest,
- gimpier,
- gimpiest,
- haltest,
- more bruised,
- more faltering,
- more hobbling,
- more limping,
- more sidelined,
- more unpleasing,
- most bruised,
- most faltering,
- most hobbling,
- most limping,
- most sidelined,
- most unpleasing,
- un pleasing,
- un suitable,
- un-pleasing,
- un-suitable.
- abortive
-
flimsy
- unpersuasive,
- Controvertible,
- ungrounded,
- in conceivable,
- in credible,
- in-conceivable,
- in-credible,
- more controvertible,
- more ungrounded,
- more unpersuasive,
- most controvertible,
- most ungrounded,
- most unpersuasive,
- trans parent,
- trans-parent,
- un believable,
- un grounded,
- un persuasive,
- un reasonable,
- un satisfactory,
- un substantial,
- un-believable,
- un-grounded,
- un-persuasive,
- un-reasonable,
- un-satisfactory,
- un-substantial.
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incompetent
- incapable,
- unadapted,
- unequipped,
- Unhandy,
- unfitted,
- not equal to,
- unproficient,
- bushleague,
- dis qualified,
- dis-qualified,
- in capable,
- in competent,
- in eligible,
- in experienced,
- in expert,
- in-capable,
- in-competent,
- in-eligible,
- in-experienced,
- in-expert,
- more amateur,
- more disqualified,
- more floundering,
- more unadapted,
- more unequipped,
- more unfitted,
- more unproficient,
- most amateur,
- most disqualified,
- most floundering,
- most unadapted,
- most unequipped,
- most unfitted,
- most unproficient,
- not cut out for,
- not have it,
- out lunch,
- un adapted,
- un equipped,
- un fitted,
- un handier,
- un handiest,
- un handy,
- un initiated,
- un proficient,
- un qualified,
- un skilled,
- un trained,
- un-adapted,
- un-equipped,
- un-fit,
- un-fitted,
- un-handier,
- un-handiest,
- un-handy,
- un-initiated,
- un-proficient,
- un-qualified,
- un-skilled,
- un-trained,
- unhandier,
- unhandiest.
- ineffective
- inefficient
- inept
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thin
- beanstalk,
- featherweight,
- poler,
- reedy,
- runny,
- scraggy,
- sticker,
- twiglike,
- undernourished,
- wafer-thin,
- see through,
- paper thin,
- Stalky,
- Subtile,
- runnier,
- reedier,
- scraggiest,
- runniest,
- more attenuate,
- more attenuated,
- more beanpole,
- more beanstalk,
- more dispersed,
- more paper thin,
- more paperthin,
- more pinched,
- more shadow,
- more shriveled,
- more stretched,
- more twiglike,
- more undernourished,
- more wafer thin,
- more wafer-thin,
- more waferthin,
- more weak kneed,
- more weak-kneed,
- more weakkneed,
- most attenuate,
- most attenuated,
- most beanpole,
- most beanstalk,
- most diluted,
- most dispersed,
- most paper thin,
- most paper-thin,
- most paperthin,
- most pinched,
- most shadow,
- most stretched,
- most undernourished,
- most wafer thin,
- most wafer-thin,
- most waferthin,
- most weak-kneed,
- most weakkneed,
- paper-thin,
- paperthin,
- polest,
- re fined,
- scraggier,
- seethrough,
- stalkier,
- stalkiest,
- stickest,
- stilter,
- stiltest,
- sub tile,
- sub tiler,
- sub-tile,
- subtiler,
- subtilest,
- trans lucent,
- trans-lucent,
- un tenable,
- un-tenable,
- under weight,
- under-nourished,
- under-weight,
- wafer thin,
- waferthin,
- weak kneed,
- weakkneed,
- wishy washy,
- wishywashy.
- unprofessional
- failing to achieve a goal
- all
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ineffective/ineffectual
- anticlimactic,
- defeasible,
- forceless,
- ineffective,
- invertebrate,
- anti climactic,
- anti-climactic,
- de feasible,
- de-feasible,
- in effectual,
- in efficacious,
- in nocuous,
- in operative,
- in vertebrate,
- in-effectual,
- in-efficacious,
- in-nocuous,
- in-operative,
- in-vertebrate,
- more anticlimactic,
- more defeasible,
- more forceless,
- more ineffective,
- more invertebrate,
- more neutralized,
- most anticlimactic,
- most defeasible,
- most forceless,
- most invertebrate,
- most neutralized,
- null void,
- un abler,
- un ablest,
- un fruitful,
- un profitable,
- un-abler,
- un-ablest,
- un-fruitful,
- un-profitable.
- adept, effective
- without purpose
- not strong; ineffective
- unconvincing, implausible
- unskillful, unable
- clumsy, unskilled; incompetent
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fine, light, slender
- thin.
- not done well or skillfully
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
most doordie
- Antonyms:
- few, little.
