as in unsuccessful
not producing the desired result
inefficient measures to solve the problem of teenage smoking
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Recent Examples of inefficient
Adebayo’s inefficient shooting season continued Sunday, finishing the win with six points on 3-of-9 shooting from the field.
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
Burning green or wet wood leads to an inefficient burn, producing excess smoke and creosote.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Musk also posted his views on the Artemis architecture, stating it to be extremely inefficient.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
That gap, however, had been closed by 2021-22 due to the gradual replacement of inefficient long 2s by 3s, and the relative value of 3s and 2s has been roughly the same ever since.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 20 Jan. 2025
Burning green or wet wood leads to an inefficient burn, producing excess smoke and creosote.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Musk also posted his views on the Artemis architecture, stating it to be extremely inefficient.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 20 Jan. 2025
That gap, however, had been closed by 2021-22 due to the gradual replacement of inefficient long 2s by 3s, and the relative value of 3s and 2s has been roughly the same ever since.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inefficient
Adjective
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Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office and Walnut Grove Fire District personnel searched that first night from the air and aboard boats equipped with sonar and powerful magnets to detect the submerged vehicle but were unsuccessful.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Feb. 2025
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Similar motions to the bills—known as HB 1400 and HB 0039—have previously been filed but were unsuccessful, meaning the outcome of the measures is unclear, per WGN9.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Finally, decades of strict criminal responses to drug use have not only proven to be largely ineffective but also dramatically unfair.—
Michael Abrams,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
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Some of them ended up being very effective (Anthony DeSclafani, Wood), and some of them were ineffective (Aaron Sanchez, Scott Kazmir).—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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But this may have been counterproductive, at least for the penguin colonies.—
Joshua Rapp Learn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 Feb. 2025
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Potentially dumping Hoerner’s salary to make Bregman’s numbers work within a budget for baseball operations would be counterproductive.—
Patrick Mooney,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Inefficient.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inefficient. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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