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inefficiently

inefficiently adverb: in an inefficient manner.

Adverb

inefficiently (comparative more inefficiently, superlative most inefficiently)

  1. In an inefficient manner.
    • What labour there was, particularly maintenance personnel, worked inefficiently and staff were prone to down tools at the whim of the local shop steward.2023 March 8, David Clough, “The long road that led to Beeching”, in RAIL, number 978, page 39

Forms of inefficiently

comparativemore inefficiently
superlativemost inefficiently

Origin of inefficiently

From inefficient + -ly.

Questions about inefficiently

What does inefficiently mean?
Inefficiently means in an inefficient manner.
What part of speech is inefficiently?
Inefficiently is an adverb.

Words near inefficiently in the dictionary

  1. inefficience
  2. inefficiences
  3. inefficiencies
  4. inefficiency
  5. inefficient
  6. inefficiently
  7. inefficients
  8. inegalitarian
  9. inegalitarianism
  10. inegalitarians
  11. inegality

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