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inefficient; unproductive; wasteful
Not making the best use of time, resources, or effort; failing to achieve maximum output with minimum waste.
非効率的な作業を見直す。
Review inefficient work processes.
このやり方は非効率的だと思う。
I think this approach is inefficient.
非効率的な会議が多いことが社員の不満の原因になっている。
Too many inefficient meetings are a source of employee frustration.
The negative counterpart of 効率的 (efficient), formed by adding the prefix 非 (non-; un-). Commonly used in business and organizational contexts to criticize processes, systems, or methods that waste time and resources.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 非効率的な業務: inefficient operations
- 非効率的な使い方: inefficient use
- 非効率的な組織: inefficient organization
- 非効率的な運営: inefficient management
THE PREFIX 非:
The prefix 非 negates the meaning of a word, similar to English "un-" or "non-":
- 非公式: unofficial
- 非常識: lacking common sense
- 非現実的: unrealistic
- 非合理的: irrational
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 効率が悪い: inefficient — a more colloquial way to express the same idea
- 無駄が多い: wasteful — focuses on the waste produced rather than the inefficiency of the process
- 非生産的: unproductive — emphasizes lack of output rather than poor use of resources