The program's memory management was so inefficient that it actually damaged the RAM somehow!
Source: tatoeba (840114)
Inefficient
//ˌɪn.ɪˈfɪʃ.ənt//
Synonyms for "inefficient" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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Antonyms
2 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
13 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- безполезен adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- безрезултатен adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- некадърен adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
- неспособен adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
Czech
2 entries- neefektivní adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- neschopný adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
Finnish
3 entries- aikaansaamaton adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
- saamaton adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
- tehoton adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
French
1 entries- inefficace adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Ido
1 entries- nekapabla adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
Irish
1 entries- neamhéifeachtúil adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Italian
4 entries- a scartamento ridotto adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
- inadeguato adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- inefficace adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- inefficiente adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Polish
2 entries- niewydajny adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- niewydolny adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Portuguese
1 entries- ineficiente adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Romanian
2 entries- ineficient adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- neeficient adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Spanish
2 entries- ineficaz adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- ineficiente adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Swedish
3 entries- improduktiv adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
- ineffektiv adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
- verkningslös adj (incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action)
Turkish
1 entries- verimsiz adj (not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Trying to beat some kid's high score is an inefficient use of your time.
Source: tatoeba (840115)
A literal boatload of new computers were recalled for inefficient power use.
Source: tatoeba (840116)
This design is too inefficient to prototype.
Source: tatoeba (840117)
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