inefficient
Squanders time, resources
Inefficient describes something that wastes time, energy, or resources in accomplishing its purpose.
An inefficient engine burns more fuel than necessary.
An inefficient process takes longer or costs more than it should.
The word implies a gap between actual performance and optimal performance: The old heating system was wildly inefficient.
Using resources carelessly
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
- dissipatingScattering and fading out
overuse · misuse · excessive · redundant · spendthrift · frivolous · uneconomical · prodigal
Failing to achieve results
- futileIncapable of producing results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
- barrenUnable to produce
ineffectual · underperforming · suboptimal · underutilized · idle · wasted · pointless · dead-end
Awkward to manipulate
- clunkyAwkward and cumbersome
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
- overcomplicatedExcessively intricate or elaborate
convoluted · labyrinthine · byzantine · bureaucratic · roundabout · indirect · circuitous · tangled
Experiencing input delay
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
- glitchyProne to malfunctions
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
latency · jittery · choppy · bottlenecked · unoptimized · throttled · outdated · legacy
wasteful
Using resources carelessly
- squanderingReckless depletion of resources
- extravagantExceeding sensible bounds
- profligateRecklessly extravagant or dissolute
dissipating · overuse · misuse · excessive · redundant · spendthrift · frivolous · uneconomical · prodigal · frittering
unproductive
Failing to achieve results
- futileIncapable of producing results
- fruitlessProducing no useful outcome
- unfruitfulFailing to produce results
barren · ineffectual · underperforming · suboptimal · underutilized · idle · wasted · pointless · dead-end · nonproductive
unwieldy
Awkward to manipulate
- clunkyAwkward and cumbersome
- awkwardLacking grace or ease
- burdensomeDifficult to endure
overcomplicated · convoluted · labyrinthine · byzantine · bureaucratic · roundabout · indirect · circuitous · tangled · kludgy
laggy
Experiencing input delay
- bufferingTemporary data accumulation
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
- glitchyProne to malfunctions
unresponsive · latency · jittery · choppy · bottlenecked · unoptimized · throttled · outdated · legacy · deprecated
sluggish
Slow and inactive
ponderous · lagging · crawling · creeping · dawdling · time-consuming · prolonged · drawn-out · laborious · tedious
- work traitshardworking, diligent, productive, lazy, industrious
- inefficiencywasteful, unproductive, ineffective, suboptimal, waste
- organ functionfunctional, impaired, normal, healthy, failing
- travel termsnonstop, direct, airline, one-way, round-trip
- futilefutile, useless, pointless, fruitless, vain
- unreadyunprepared, ill-prepared, ill-equipped, unready, not ready
inefficientefficient
Productive without waste
economical · cost-effective · streamlined · cost-efficient · lean
inefficientcompetent
Sufficiently able, qualified
capable · able · expert · skilled · proficient
inefficientefficient
Productive without waste
effective · productive · efficacious · effectual · successful