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Common collocations with inefficient in American Collocation

inefficient adjective

US /ˌɪnɪˈfɪʃ(ə)nt/

very

extremely
grossly
highly
hopelessly
hugely
incredibly
very

Our huge power stations are grossly inefficient: they waste two thirds of the energy that they produce.

in comparison with someone or something similar

comparatively
relatively

In fact these methods are relatively inefficient.

rather

fairly
quite
rather

While this system is certainly an improvement, it is still quite inefficient.

way of doing something

method
practice
procedure
process
system
technique

We are cutting costs by getting rid of inefficient practices.

use

use

They are planning campaigns to educate the public on the consequences of inefficient energy use.

management

management

In the private sector, when companies are in financial difficulty it is often as a result of inefficient management.

be
become
prove
seem

Their method of calculating the average price of corn proved inefficient .

not effective

ineffective

Our system may be complex, but it is either ineffective or inefficient.

costing too much

costly
expensive
wasteful

Court procedures are inefficient and costly.

old

old
outdated

They continue to use outdated and inefficient techniques.

slow

slow

A new search engine will replace this slow and inefficient one.