Inefficient vs Ineffectual - What's the difference?
inefficient | ineffectual |
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.
unable or insufficient to produce effect; futile
worthless
weak; lacking forcefulness
As adjectives the difference between inefficient and ineffectual
is that inefficient is inefficient while ineffectual is unable or insufficient to produce effect; futile.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.
Antonyms
* efficientineffectual
English
Alternative forms
* ineffectuall (obsolete)Adjective
(en adjective)- After several ineffectual and abortive leaps, we were forced to lift him over the obstacle.
- Our group leader proved highly ineffectual , caving to every whim put forth by the other members.
