What is another word for inefficient?
326 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɪnɪfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪnɪfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪ_n_ɪ_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]Table of Contents
Similar words for inefficient:- all (adjective)
- feeble (adjective)
- helpless (adjective)
- incompetent (adjective)
- ineffective (adjective)
- ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
- ineffectual (adjective)
- inefficacious (adjective)
- inefficient (adjective)
- inept (adjective)
- inexpedient (adjective)
- lame (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- unable (adjective)
- unfit (adjective)
- unprofessional (adjective)
- inefficient (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- other synonyms
Synonyms for Inefficient:
adj.
•all (adjective) •feeble (adjective)- indecisive,
- frail,
- unconvincing,
- in firm,
- impotent,
- low,
- failing,
- effete,
- insufficient,
- sickly,
- ailing,
- fragile,
- doddering,
- puny,
- paltry,
- out of gas,
- delicate,
- woozy,
- flat,
- weakened,
- insubstantial,
- Strengthless,
- faint,
- sapless,
- emasculated,
- weakly,
- dopey,
- poor,
- enfeebled,
- enervated,
- tame,
- exhausted,
- wimpy,
- thin,
- helpless,
- slight,
- powerless,
- infirm,
- vitiated,
- decrepit,
- debilitated,
- aged,
- etiolated,
- fainter,
- gentle,
- languid.
- forsaken,
- over a barrel,
- destitute,
- pinned,
- disabled,
- tapped out,
- friendless,
- prostrate,
- defenseless,
- forlorn,
- up creek without paddle,
- abandoned,
- Handcuffed,
- tapped,
- dependent,
- unprotected,
- basket-case,
- with hands tied,
- invalid,
- exposed,
- shiftless.
- clumsy,
- uninitiated,
- awkward,
- Floundering,
- maladroit,
- amateur,
- raw,
- ineligible,
- inexperienced,
- out to lunch,
- amateurish,
- bungling,
- disqualified.
- more slackspined,
- most emasculate,
- most slackspined,
- in-effective,
- more emasculate,
- un available,
- most slack spined,
- slackspined,
- slack-spined,
- slack spined,
- more slack-spined,
- un-available,
- most slack-spined,
- more slack spined,
- in effective.
- spineless,
- unprofitable,
- inferior,
- barren,
- neutralized,
- null and void,
- withered,
- bootless,
- abortive,
- unsuccessful,
- feckless,
- void,
- limited,
- innocuous,
- null,
- inoperative,
- unfruitful,
- invertebrate.
- prodigal,
- slipshod,
- unprepared,
- disorganized,
- extravagant,
- improficient,
- sloppy,
- weak,
- untrained,
- unqualified,
- improvident,
- shooting blanks,
- slovenly,
- half-baked,
- careless.
- gauche,
- butterfingers,
- loser,
- bumbling,
- artless,
- Unapt,
- ungraceful,
- wooden,
- halting.
- undesirable,
- unsuitable,
- unsatisfactory,
- inconvenient,
- delinquent,
- disadvantageous,
- mistimed,
- untimely.
- unfitting,
- not cut out for,
- forceless,
- feeble,
- ill-equipped,
- not up to,
- defeasible,
- can't hack it,
- nonexpert,
- not equal to,
- unpersuasive,
- inept,
- unproficient,
- butterfingered,
- inefficacious,
- incompetent,
- no good,
- all thumbs,
- unable,
- inadept,
- can't cut it,
- sidelined,
- no go,
- no way,
- unfitted,
- unfit,
- unequipped,
- unfacile,
- Unhandy,
- unpleasing,
- undexterous,
- not have it,
- can't make the grade,
- unadapted,
- not effective,
- Butter-fingered,
- unprofessional,
- anticlimactic,
- not able.
n.
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- faulty.
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- ability.
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- affect.
- negate,
- worthless,
- fruitless,
- otiose,
- futile,
- impractical,
- deckchair,
- good-for-nothing,
- quixotic,
- directionless,
- idle,
- unrealistic,
- dead loss,
- slack,
- unavailing,
- lost,
- vain,
- meaningless,
- shuffle,
- dud,
- expendable,
- good,
- nugatory,
- pointless,
- aimless,
- empty,
- Hell,
- ineffectual,
- use,
- useless,
- purposeless,
- inane,
- mess,
- mug,
- inexpedient,
- flabby,
- show,
- unfavourable,
- inadequate,
- past,
- inexpert,
- romantic,
- desultory,
- bird,
- chase,
- mooch,
- water,
- door,
- pants,
- eye candy,
- motiveless,
- headless,
- blind alley,
- unwieldy,
- frivolous,
- ineffective,
- flaccid,
- vainly,
- moon around,
- moon,
- dream,
- job,
- self-defeating,
- window dressing,
- outlive,
- pathetic,
- nothing,
- blue,
- airy-fairy,
- remiss,
- adrift,
- ornamental,
- pitiful,
- fool's errand,
- loose,
- hopeless.
Other synonyms:
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- muddled,
- toothless,
- uninformative,
- spent,
- nonoperational,
- small-time,
- Overworked,
- defective,
- moribund,
- defunct,
- infertile,
- unhelpful,
- unworkmanlike,
- outworn,
- muted,
- bum,
- facile.
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- paper,
- dysfunctional,
- lame,
- cumbersome,
- unproven,
- unresponsive,
- porous,
- unskilled,
- inoperable,
- unreliable,
- anemic,
- unskillful,
- bush-league,
- paralyzed.
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- inapt,
- inactive,
- temperamental.
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- old.
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- dead.
Paraphrases for Inefficient:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
ineffectual, ineffective.
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Proper noun, singular
ineffective.
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Noun, singular or mass
ineffective.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Adjective
inappropriate, efficiency, invalid, unworkable, useless, defective, fruitless, futile, effectiveness, flawed, bad, feeble, energy-efficient, incapable, vain.
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Adjective
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Other Related
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Adjective
incompetent, insufficient, inadequate, counterproductive, deficient, inept, wasteful, unprofitable, uneconomic, unsuccessful, cumbersome, toothless, unproductive, weak, cost-effective, unsatisfactory, unwieldy, dysfunctional.
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Noun, singular or mass
inefficiency.
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Adjective
Antonyms for Inefficient:
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adj.
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all
efficient.
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helpless
independent, skilled, enterprising, resourceful.
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incompetent
dexterous, proficient, skillful, experienced, adept.
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ineffective/ineffectual
effectual.
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lame
satisfactory.
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unprofessional
professional.
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Other antonyms:
helpful, operant, profitable, worthwhile, beneficial, expedient, successful.
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all
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n.
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other_words
thrifty.
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