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A person who cannot or does not work efficiently.

definition

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

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Celery is an inefficient food.

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

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

We will radically improve the primitive, inefficient process that agriculture is today.

This is useful as too large a heater will be inefficient to run.

These systems are all inefficient for spontaneous respiration (Figure 4).

Tankless hot water heaters eliminate the need for energy inefficient water tanks.

Leaky windows, poor insulation, old water heaters and inefficient heating systems waste a lot of energy.

Since solar radiation is unlimited in space, these inefficient solar cells were more than enough to power satellite electrical systems.

There is a misconception that solar power installations are costly, complex and inefficient.

Just because I'm small doesn't mean I'm inefficient.

These German popes were short-lived and inefficient.

The Virginia House of Delegates, in 1778, extended the civil jurisdiction of Virginia to the north-west, and appointed Captain John Todd (1750-1782), of Kentucky, governor of the entire territory north of the Ohio, organized as "The County of Illinois"; the judges of the courts at Cahokia, Kaskaskia, and Vincennes, who had been appointed under the British administration, were now chosen by election; but this government was confined to the old French settlements and was entirely inefficient.

An air-engine working on this cycle would be intolerably bulky and mechanically inefficient.

But in general the administration of the colony was burdensome, oppressive and inefficient.

There was an empty treasury, and the floating debt amounted to X7,000,000; maladministration was rampant in every department of the state; the national guard was mutinous, while the small army of regulars was badly organized and inefficient.

Anne note that searching large text files is very inefficient.

He had very small teeth and was a mouth breather due to inefficient face muscles and poor tongue posture.

It is produced by incomplete, or inefficient, combustion of fuel including ' cold ' or badly tuned engines.

The bureaucracy may have been inefficient, but stories of either high-level or petty corruption were rare.

On a bottom ship a young inefficient lad typically finds himself adjusting to a group of mainly very old and very young deckhands.

In addition, these devices have not overcome the problem of inefficient drug delivery associated with the MDIs to a large extent.

However inefficient such warrens may seem to economic planners, accountants and Big Science professors, they foster an almost mythic esprit de corps.

The reason for the death toll in the UK is our huge stock of poorly heated, energy inefficient homes.

By contrast, the labor power of millions of German men and women was squandered in grossly inefficient peasant farming.

People are going hungry while ever increasing numbers of animals are fed huge amounts of food in a hopelessly inefficient system.

When racism becomes economically inefficient then any perceived electoral gain will quickly be lost.

Wind farms are notoriously inefficient, unsightly monstrosities whose damage outweighs their utility.

Incandescent lights are horribly inefficient (especially the screw-in " grow bulb " type) and really not an acceptable option for plant growth.

However, there is no theoretical reason to believe that PLS is inherently inefficient.

The previous paths do not become useless; they just become inefficient.

The effort needed to administer such a system was considered inefficient.

In an inefficient organization, everybody tends to throw wet blankets everywhere.

But oppressive, corrupt and inefficient as it was, the government was not confronted by the uncompromising hostility of the whole people; the ignorant priest-ridden masses were either indifferent or of mildly Bourbon sympathies; the opposition was constituted by the educated middle classes and a part of the aobility.

Jonathan Worth (1802-1869), elected governor under the presidential plan in 1865, was an honest and capable official, but the government established in accordance with the views of Congress in 1868 was corrupt, inefficient and tyrannical.

On the other hand, the new grand-duke Louis, who had succeeded in 1818, was unpopular,, and the administration was in the hands of hide-bound and inefficient bureaucrats.

By attempting to squeeze more out of an inefficient employer unions are sweating a wasting asset.

I would hope to abolish any systems in our company that have proved to be inefficient.

However, babies who experience frequent bowel movements are also the most likely to obtain severe diaper rashes from inefficient cleansings.

These will be inefficient to run and may not have thermostats meaning that they may overheat.

Using old and inefficient heaters to keep warm in colder weather can be a costly drain on resources, which is why energy efficient space heaters are an attractive alternative.

Old electric space heaters did not include a thermostat, this means that they were often inefficient to use.

Making the switch is easy; simply replace your old and inefficient water heating system with a high efficiency model the next time your current system is in need of repairs.

Be particular with your shopping, because without careful consideration, the wrong bag can be just as disorganized and inefficient as not having one at all.

Muscle coordination becomes shaky and inefficient.

Wood fireplace inserts convert the traditionally inefficient masonry fireplace into a high efficiency heat source.

Traditional masonry fireplace are, for the most part, inefficient.

In Type II diabetes, the body becomes inefficient at absorbing sugars in the blood.

The sucking reflex is strong in all infants and should be encouraged in infants with facial clefts even if the sucking is inefficient, since the reflex seems to help the later development of speech.

Chest physical therapy is one way to reduce the risks of an inefficient clearance of airway secretions.

Non-right-handed children must either learn to use tools with their right hand, which can be awkward, inefficient, and frustrating, or to use tools backwards with their left hand.

If you're a visual learner, this can be an inefficient way for you to learn a new shape.

For instance, as the placenta ages it becomes more inefficient and a baby receives less nutrients.