inefficient
    adj 1: not producing desired results; wasteful; "an inefficient
           campaign against drugs"; "outdated and inefficient design
           and methods" [ant: efficient]
    2: lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively;
       inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient
       workers" [syn: ineffective, inefficient]

Inefficient \In`ef*fi"cient\, a.
   1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or
      desired, or achieiving the effect by unnnecessary and
      excessive expenditure of resources; inefficacious; as,
      inefficient means or measures; inefficient methods are too
      expensive.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

   2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action;
      habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing;
      as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.
      [1913 Webster]