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Inefficient vs Deficient - What's the difference?

inefficient | deficient |

As adjectives the difference between inefficient and deficient

is that inefficient is inefficient while deficient is deficient.

inefficient

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
  • Celery is an inefficient food.
  • Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
  • Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.

    Antonyms

    * efficient

    deficient

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking something essential; often construed with'' in .
  • Insufficient or inadequate in amount.