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1 inefficient
[ini'fiʃənt](not working or producing results etc in the best way and so wasting time, energy etc: an inefficient workman; old-fashioned, inefficient machinery.) ανεπαρκής,μη αποδοτικός- inefficiency -
2 Inefficient
Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Inefficient
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3 inefficient
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4 eye-opener
noun (something that reveals an unexpected fact etc: Our visit to their office was a real eye-opener - they are so inefficient!) αποκάλυψη -
5 shiftless
adjective (inefficient, lazy, or without a set purpose: He's rather shiftless - he's had four jobs in six months.) νωθρός,ανερμάτιστος -
6 Miserable
adj.P. and V. ταλαίπωρος, ἄθλιος, οἰκτρός, μοχθηρός (Plat.), Ar. and V. τάλας, τλήμων, πολύπονος, V. δυσταλάς.Wretched, unfortunate: P. and V. δυστυχής, δυσδαίμων, ἀτυχής (Eur., Heracl. 460, but rare V.), V. ἄμοιρος (also Plat. but rare P.), ἄμμορος, Ar. and V. σχέτλιος. δύστηνος, δείλαιος (rare P.), V. δάϊος μέλεος, ἄνολβος, Ar. κακοδαίμων; see Unhappy.Distressing: P. and V. βαρύς, ὀχληρός, λυπηρός, κακός, ἀνιαρός, ἀλγεινός, ἐπαχθής, δυσχερής, ἄθλιος, Ar. and P. χαλεπός, V. δύσφορος (also Xen. but rare P.), λυπρός, ἀχθεινός (also Xen. but rare P.), δύσοιστος.Lamentable: V. πολύστονος, πανδάκρυτος, εὐδάκρυτος, πάγκλαυτος. δυσθρήνητος.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Miserable
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