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Meanings of inefficient in English

Portuguese
ineficiente

Not producing desired results; wasteful.

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        Usage of inefficient in English
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        Furthermore, paper record keeping is inefficient and limits opportunities for data visualization.
        Pubmed
        2
        Many are inefficient and run according to political rather than financial priorities.
        Reuters
        3
        At best it's inefficient -particularly when it comes to skincare products.
        The Guardian
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        However, treatment options for advanced hormone-refractory prostate cancers are still relatively inefficient.
        Pubmed
        5
        It did so where out-of-date and inefficient power generating stations were concerned.
        The Irish Times
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        However, generation of larger and more sophisticated gene-modifications continues to be inefficient.
        Pubmed
        7
        Here, crime is high and the police are considered corrupt and inefficient.
        The South African
        8
        We can debate the true horrors of an inefficient helpline somewhere else.
        The South African
        9
        But critics say it is bloated, inefficient and wasteful of public money.
        Reuters
        10
        Both systems are haphazard and inefficient, and often operate at cross purposes.
        Cities in Flight
        11
        Sometimes these applications are serving inefficient processes that don't meet business demands.
        Reuters
        12
        Democrats and Republicans generally agree the code is too complex and inefficient.
        Reuters
        13
        The Administration is corrupt; our generals are either incompetent or purposely inefficient.
        Frank's Campaign; Or, The Farm and the Camp
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        Nor is the election of Monroe an inefficient circumstance in our felicities.
        Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies, From the Papers of Tho...
        15
        Europe's air traffic control is hugely overstaffed and inefficient, suggests Sean Barrett.
        The Irish Times
        16
        It was inefficient and wasteful and resulted in too many needless deaths.
        World war z: an oral history of the zombie war
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        ineficiente
        Inefficient through the time
        Inefficient across language varieties
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