Inefficient vs Deficient - What's the difference?
inefficient | deficient |
Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
Lacking something essential; often construed with'' in .
Insufficient or inadequate in amount.
As adjectives the difference between inefficient and deficient
is that inefficient is inefficient while deficient is deficient.inefficient
English
(wikipedia inefficient)Adjective
(en adjective)- Celery is an inefficient food.
- Jessica was terribly inefficient at cleaning, so her brother usually had to clean the whole room.