inefficiently.

With unnecessary use of time, effort or other resources for the relevant result.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• inefficiently process
• inefficiently organize

On the page

The records were inefficiently processed through several duplicate stages.

The work was inefficiently organized, though the final output met the required standard.

Usage notes

Primary category: analysis / argumentation / evidence. Forms: Invariable adverb; use more or most only where natural. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: effect assessment, evidence qualification, conditional reasoning, method comparison. Disciplines: argumentation, research interpretation, analytical writing. Commonness: moderately common.