326 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɪnɪfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪnɪfˈɪʃənt], [ ɪ_n_ɪ_f_ˈɪ_ʃ_ə_n_t]

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

Paraphrases for inefficient

Synonyms for Inefficient:

• adj.

  • all (adjective)
  • inefficient.
  • 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.
  • helpless (adjective)
  • 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.
  • incompetent (adjective)
  • clumsy,
  • uninitiated,
  • awkward,
  • Floundering,
  • maladroit,
  • amateur,
  • raw,
  • ineligible,
  • inexperienced,
  • out to lunch,
  • amateurish,
  • bungling,
  • disqualified.
  • ineffective (adjective)
  • 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.
  • ineffective/ineffectual (adjective)
  • spineless,
  • unprofitable,
  • inferior,
  • barren,
  • neutralized,
  • null and void,
  • withered,
  • bootless,
  • abortive,
  • unsuccessful,
  • feckless,
  • void,
  • limited,
  • innocuous,
  • null,
  • inoperative,
  • unfruitful,
  • invertebrate.
  • ineffectual (adjective)
  • in effectual,
  • in-effectual.
  • inefficacious (adjective)
  • in efficacious,
  • in-efficacious.
  • inefficient (adjective)
  • prodigal,
  • slipshod,
  • unprepared,
  • disorganized,
  • extravagant,
  • improficient,
  • sloppy,
  • weak,
  • untrained,
  • unqualified,
  • improvident,
  • shooting blanks,
  • slovenly,
  • half-baked,
  • careless.
  • inept (adjective)
  • gauche,
  • butterfingers,
  • loser,
  • bumbling,
  • artless,
  • Unapt,
  • ungraceful,
  • wooden,
  • halting.
  • inexpedient (adjective)
  • undesirable,
  • unsuitable,
  • unsatisfactory,
  • inconvenient,
  • delinquent,
  • disadvantageous,
  • mistimed,
  • untimely.
  • lame (adjective)
  • faltering,
  • flimsy.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • 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.
  • unable (adjective)
  • out of commission,
  • hog-tied,
  • no can do,
  • Impuissant,
  • incapacitated.
  • unfit (adjective)
  • maladjusted,
  • Blundering,
  • bush league,
  • unpracticed,
  • heavy-handed.
  • unprofessional (adjective)
  • lax,
  • unethical,
  • improper,
  • negligent,
  • unworthy,
  • ignorant.

• n.

  •
  • faulty.
  •
  • incapable,
  • unproductive.
  •
  • ability.
  •
  • affect.
  • inefficient (noun)
  • uneconomical,
  • wasteful.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • 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:

  •
  • muddled,
  • toothless,
  • uninformative,
  • spent,
  • nonoperational,
  • small-time,
  • Overworked,
  • defective,
  • moribund,
  • defunct,
  • infertile,
  • unhelpful,
  • unworkmanlike,
  • outworn,
  • muted,
  • bum,
  • facile.
  •
  • paper,
  • dysfunctional,
  • lame,
  • cumbersome,
  • unproven,
  • unresponsive,
  • porous,
  • unskilled,
  • inoperable,
  • unreliable,
  • anemic,
  • unskillful,
  • bush-league,
  • paralyzed.
  •
  • inapt,
  • inactive,
  • temperamental.
  •
  • old.
  •
  • dead.

Paraphrases for Inefficient:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    ineffective, ineffectual.
  • Proper noun, singular
    ineffective.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    ineffective.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    bad, defective, effectiveness, efficiency, feeble, flawed, fruitless, futile, inappropriate, incapable, invalid, unworkable, useless, vain, energy-efficient.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    cost-effective, counterproductive, cumbersome, deficient, dysfunctional, inadequate, incompetent, inept, insufficient, toothless, uneconomic, unproductive, unprofitable, unsatisfactory, unsuccessful, unwieldy, wasteful, weak.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    inefficiency.