Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inefficiently

/ˌɪnɪfˈɪʃəntli/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: in-ef-fi-cient-ly
IPA: /ˌɪnɪfˈɪʃəntli/

24

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In an inefficient manner.

Example Sentences

"What labour there was, particularly maintenance personnel, worked inefficiently and staff were prone to down tools at the whim of the local shop steward."

Etymology

Etymology tree English inefficient Middle English -ly English -ly English inefficiently From inefficient + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more inefficiently (comparative) most inefficiently (superlative)

Rhymes With

sufficiently efficiently insufficiently

Questions

How do you pronounce inefficiently?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnɪfˈɪʃəntli/.
What does inefficiently mean?: In an inefficient manner.
Where does inefficiently come from?: Etymology tree English inefficient Middle English -ly English -ly English inefficiently From inefficient + -ly.

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