Unable vs Inefficient - What's the difference?
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Not able; lacking a certain ability.
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Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
As adjectives the difference between unable and inefficient
is that unable is not able; lacking a certain ability while inefficient is not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.unable
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- Are you unable to mind your own business or something?
Antonyms
* ableAnagrams
*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.