inefficient

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a. 无效率的, 无能的 [医] 无效的, 无效力的

发音

其它 /ˌɪn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt/

词形变化

inefficients 复数 inefficients more inefficient 比较级 most inefficient 最高级

别名

unefficient

教材释义与例句

形容词

无效率的，效率低的；无能的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who cannot or does not work efficiently.

    Two men were put to work who could not set their looms; a third man was taken on who helped the inefficients to set the looms. The other weavers thought this was a breach of their union rules and 18 of them struck […]

adj.
  1. 1.

    Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious.

    Celery is an inefficient food.

  2. 2.

    Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing.

    inefficient workers

    an inefficient administrator

    Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 1

ineffective

反义词 1

efficient

近义相关 3

incompetent wasteful uneconomical

参见 4

incompetent ineffective ineffectual uneffective

词源

From in- + efficient.

来源：wiktionary