Efficiently
Efficiently adverb - With efficiency; in an efficient manner.
Usage example: he functions efficiently
Inefficiently is an antonym for efficiently.
Nearby Words: efficient, efficiency
Inefficiently
Inefficiently adverb - In an inefficient manner.
Usage example: he dealt inefficiently with the crisis
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Synonyms for Inefficiently
Efficiently is an antonym for inefficiently.
Nearby Words: inefficient, inefficiency
Both words in one sentence
- The musical Knickerbocker Holiday has as its primary moral that a government run inefficiently by a council of fat and stupid men is better than one run efficiently by a dictator.
Source: Democracy Is Flawed - SimCity: What it takes to run a city efficiently (...or inefficiently).
Source: Central Theme / Video Games
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