How to Use inefficient in a Sentence

inefficient

adjective

• The delivery system was very inefficient.
• The process was too inefficient a use of the country’s gas supply.
  — Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2022
• The city used some inefficient and ugly chain link fencing at the trail head.
  — Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2022
• What the Democrats don't realize is that these immigrants want to come here to get away the inefficient rule of the CCP.
  — Jianli Yang, National Review, 4 Nov. 2023
• But inside the red zone, the Ravens aren’t getting a good push at the line of scrimmage, and that’s part of the reason this team is so inefficient.
  — Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 24 Dec. 2022
• But there aren’t as many guards who take a lot of inefficient shots, and big plodding centers no longer clog the floor.
  — Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2023
• That sort of inefficient process just doesn’t make sense.
  — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2024
• The home’s old diesel furnace was loud and inefficient.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 30 Aug. 2023
• Auburn’s offense was inefficient in the program’s worst home loss in a decade.
  — Tom Green | [e-mail], al, 18 Sep. 2022
• This is clearly an inefficient way to solve the problem.
  — Kathy Roth-Douquet, Fortune, 14 June 2023
• Some saw Wikipedia, a nonprofit based in the U.S., as an inefficient use of the council’s resources.
  — Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
• Walker and UConn fans will trade an inefficient shooting night for the sport's top prize anytime.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 4 Apr. 2023
• What’s worse than the inefficient shooting numbers is the overall tenor of a superstar scoring guard bound for the Hall of Fame.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 10 June 2024
• But too many are inefficient, self-serving or even fake.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2021
• Alongside cost and the inefficient way they are extracted, there’s the issue of emissions.
  — Jess Shanahan, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• That is where luck and layout play a big role: Even a very inefficient house can reach net-zero if enough solar panels fit on top of it.
  — Jon Gorey, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2022
• This model is truly the most inefficient policing model in the free world.
  — Art Acevedo, CNN, 2 June 2022
• Concerns that their process is inefficient have been a constant theme since the group first began mapping.
  — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021
• One way to ensure that the error spheres don’t overlap is to position them far apart, but this would be inefficient.
  — Eugenia Cheng, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2022
• Despite that, Kentucky was far too inefficient and careless with the ball.
  — Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2023
• The quality of their work is reviewed at random, a process that’s inefficient and may not pick up problems.
  — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 22 June 2023
• Colbert and Holt were listed as having inefficient use of space, MGT said.
  — Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 15 Dec. 2023
• Through the courts, and the inefficient bureaucracy of the state, Laurent stymies her attempts to see Paul for an unconscionably long time.
  — Claire Messud, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
• The result is that more than 90% of them make inefficient use of time, which means that the quality and quantity of their family and leisure time is poor.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 31 Jan. 2022
• Some experts told The Guardian that the background check tool might be inefficient for weeding out unsafe matches, though.
  — Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 30 Jan. 2023
• But this turns out to be a really, really inefficient way to do things.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 25 May 2023
• This is because human beings are too slow, too stupid, and too inefficient to have written it.
  — Simon Rich, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
• Critics of the 10-year plan have said that the conversions will lead to inefficient routes and delays in mail deliveries.
  — Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Dec. 2023
• Costly and inefficient projects, like high-speed rail, should be deprioritized in favor of more urgent needs that ensure long-term economic stability.
  — Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
• One exception to the rule is tariffs: Economists nearly universally reject them as counterproductive and inefficient.
  — Neil Irwin, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 15 Nov 2024