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The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
Bill Gates

Meaning of "inefficient" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF INEFFICIENT

inefficient  [ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INEFFICIENT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Inefficient is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES INEFFICIENT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Inefficiency

The term inefficiency has several meanings depending on the context in which its used: ▪ Allocative inefficiency - Allocative inefficiency is a situation in which the distribution of resources between alternatives does not fit with consumer taste. For example, a company may have the lowest costs in "productive" terms, but the result may be inefficient in allocative terms because the "true" or social cost exceeds the price that consumers are willing to pay for an extra unit of the product. This is true, for example, if the firm produces pollution. Consumers would prefer that the firm and its competitors produce less of the product and charge a higher price, to internalize the external cost. ▪ Distributive Inefficiency - refers to the inefficient distribution of income and wealth within a society. Decreasing marginal utilities of wealth suggests that more egalitarian distributions of wealth are more efficient than unegalitarian distributions. Distributive inefficiency is often associated with economic inequality. ▪ Economic inefficiency - refers to a situation where "we could be doing a better job," i.e., attaining our goals at lower cost.

Definition of inefficient in the English dictionary

The definition of inefficient in the dictionary is unable to perform a task or function to the best advantage; wasteful or incompetent. Other definition of inefficient is unable to produce the desired result.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH INEFFICIENT


abortifacient
əˌbɔːtɪˈfeɪʃənt
absorbefacient
əbˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
coefficient
ˌkəʊɪˈfɪʃənt
deficient
dɪˈfɪʃənt
efficient
ɪˈfɪʃənt
hyperefficient
ˌhaɪpərɪˈfɪʃənt
immunodeficient
ˌɪmjʊnəʊdɪˈfɪʃənt
impatient
ɪmˈpeɪʃənt
inpatient
ˈɪnˌpeɪʃənt
insufficient
ˌɪnsəˈfɪʃənt
liquefacient
ˌlɪkwɪˈfeɪʃənt
outpatient
ˈaʊtˌpeɪʃənt
patient
ˈpeɪʃənt
perficient
pəˈfɪʃənt
proficient
prəˈfɪʃənt
sorbefacient
ˌsɔːbɪˈfeɪʃənt
sufficient
səˈfɪʃənt
superefficient
ˌsuːpərɪˈfɪʃənt
ultraefficient
ˌʌltrəɪˈfɪʃənt
unsufficient
ˌʌnsəˈfɪʃənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE INEFFICIENT

ineffable
ineffableness
ineffably
ineffaceability
ineffaceable
ineffaceably
ineffective
ineffectively
ineffectiveness
ineffectual
ineffectuality
ineffectually
ineffectualness
inefficacious
inefficaciously
inefficaciousness
inefficacity
inefficacy
inefficiency
inefficiently

WORDS THAT END LIKE INEFFICIENT

ancient
beta coefficient
binomial coefficient
client
conscient
correlation coefficient
diffusion coefficient
drag coefficient
energy-efficient
fuel-efficient
inconscient
omniscient
partition coefficient
parturifacient
Pearson´s correlation coefficient
Pearson´s product moment correlation coefficient
permeability coefficient
prescient
scient
self-sufficient
tumefacient

Synonyms and antonyms of inefficient in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «INEFFICIENT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «inefficient» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of inefficient

Translation of «inefficient» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INEFFICIENT

Find out the translation of inefficient to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of inefficient from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «inefficient» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

效率低的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ineficiente
570 millions of speakers

English

inefficient
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अक्षम
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غَيْرُ فَعَّالٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

неэффективный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ineficiente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অদক্ষ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inefficace
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak cekap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ineffizient
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

効率の悪い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

비능률적인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Inefficient
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không có hiệu quả
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

திறனற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अकार्यक्षम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yetersiz
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

inefficiente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieskuteczny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неефективний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ineficient
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανεπαρκής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondoeltreffende
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ineffektiv
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ineffektiv
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of inefficient

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INEFFICIENT»

The term «inefficient» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INEFFICIENT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about inefficient

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10 QUOTES WITH «INEFFICIENT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word inefficient.
1
Barbara Amiel
The interests of the Soviet Union are in controlling highly developed countries and having the benefit of their economies so that they can run their own inefficient empire.
2
Edward de Bono
Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.
3
Corrie Ten Boom
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
4
Charles Duke
You wouldn't want to land on the Moon and launch to Mars. That would be very inefficient.
5
Bill Gates
The first rule of any technology used in a business is that automation applied to an efficient operation will magnify the efficiency. The second is that automation applied to an inefficient operation will magnify the inefficiency.
6
Henry George
Poorly paid labor is inefficient labor, the world over.
7
Jeremy Grantham
I would say that financial markets are very inefficient, and capable of extremes of being completely dysfunctional.
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Paul Hawken
We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources.
9
Margaret Heffernan
Clearing your head of distractions in order to notice and understand the people you are with can feel inefficient - there are so many other people and issues to think about. But being present makes you effective.
10
Chris Van Hollen
We waste an awful lot of energy as a Nation through inefficient use of energy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INEFFICIENT»

Discover the use of inefficient in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to inefficient and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance
This book describes an alternative approach to the study of financial markets: behavioral finance.
Andrei Shleifer, 2000
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Inefficient Markets: An Introduction to Behavioral Finance
This book describes an alternative approach to the study of financial markets: behavioral finance.
Andrei Shleifer, 2000
3
Financial Crisis and Credit Crunch As a Result of ...
This paper develops a model of private debt financing under inefficient financial intermediation.
Zhaohui Chen, Jorge A. Chan-Lau, 1998
4
The Inefficient Stock Market: What Pays Off and Why
The book tackles important issues in today's financial market in a highly conversational and entertaining manner that will appeal to most readers.
Robert A. Haugen, 2002
5
DOD management examples of inefficient and ineffective ...
Today, at your request, we will discuss two case studies and the related financial and inventory management and systems modernization2 challenges facing DOD. These case studies examine in detail the processes and data systems used by ...
6
All Or Nothing: Avoiding Inefficient Compromise in ...
These equilibria can be efficient or inefficient. Compromise policies are not ideal points, so no state obtains its maximum payoff. The compromise is efficient if there is no other choice of policies that would make all bargaining parties better off, ...
Johannes Urpelainen, 2009
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Inefficient Lobbying, Populism and Oligarchy
k0R = λP(p) p k0P (4) g0+αs0 λR(p) 1−α(1−p) s0 (ii) Such allocation is almost always Pareto-inefficient. Proof: See Appendix B. The intuition behind equation ( 4) is analogous to the one behind equation (3): a political equilibrium equates ...
‎2004
8
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest ...
An Inconvenient Book contains hundreds of these same "why have I never heard that before?" types of facts that will leave you wondering how political correctness, special interests, and outright stupidity have gotten us so far away from the ...
Glenn Beck, 2007
9
Inefficient credit booms
This paper studies the welfare properties of competitive equilibria in an economy with financial frictions hit by aggregate shocks.
Guido Lorenzoni, National Bureau of Economic Research, 2007
10
Inefficient Private Renegotiation of Sovereign Debt
Inefficient Privatt Renegotiation of Sovereign Debt The current absence of financial assistance from the private credit markets of the developed countries for undertaking investments in the less-developed nations is widely regarded to be ...
Kenneth Kletzer, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INEFFICIENT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term inefficient is used in the context of the following news items.
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The Drought and What It's Teaching California (and Tech) about …
The Drought and What It's Teaching California (and Tech) about Inefficient Markets Tom Gillis. Water is a basic human right and I'm not ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
2
The Guardian view on prisons in England and Wales: dangerous …
The Guardian view on prisons in England and Wales: dangerous and inefficient. Editorial. New justice secretary Michael Gove says he is ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
3
Fat, Inefficient State Impedes Greece: Damianos
Former investment banker Damianos Damianos talks with Olivia Sterns about the realities for the people of Greece in the agreement with ... «Bloomberg, Jul 15»
4
Inefficient ARDA Blasted For National Hunger, Starvation
Failure by the Agricultural Rural Development Authority (ARDA) to fully execute its mandate has been identified as the missing link to the ... «RadioVop, Jul 15»
5
Grants Help Volunteer Fire Department Update Old, Inefficient
PEMBROKE, Ky. - It's a struggle that could put your safety at risk: volunteer fire departments trying to answer calls with old and inefficient ... «NewsChannel5.com, Jul 15»
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Report slams 'inefficient' prisons
WA taxpayers are forking out up to $1 million a day accommodating prisoners who have returned to jail according to a report which has ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
7
Striking fishermen slam “inefficient” Government controls
The crackdown advised by EU and implemented by the military junta leaves workers disgruntled. The crisis in the sector due to past failures. «AsiaNews.it, Jul 15»
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Jalna police chief cracks down on 'inefficient' cops
AURANGABAD: Jalna superintendent of police Jyoti Priya Singh has launched an all-out drive not only against those involved in illicit trades in ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
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Commentary: Understanding the differences between efficient and …
It's important to recognize that there is inefficient debt and efficient debt. As a general rule, we agree that inefficient debt (typically consumer ... «Brainerd Daily Dispatch, Jul 15»
10
Family Court office backward, inefficient
I am writing this letter with pain and sadness in my heart because of the unnecessary suffering that the public is experiencing at the Family ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 15»

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