Inefficient vs Futile - What's the difference?
inefficient | futile | Related terms |
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.
Incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.
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Inefficient is a related term of futile.
As adjectives the difference between inefficient and futile
is that inefficient is inefficient while futile is incapable of producing results; useless; not successful; not worth attempting.inefficient
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(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.
Antonyms
* efficientfutile
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Adjective
(en adjective)Shamrock Rovers 0-4 Tottenham, passage=Goals from Steven Pienaar, Andros Townsend, Jermain Defoe and Harry Kane sealed the win, but Rubin Kazan's 1-1 draw against PAOK Salonika rendered Spurs' efforts futile .}}