asleep at the wheel vs inefficient

asleep at the wheel

adj
  • Synonym of asleep at the switch 

inefficient

noun
  • A person who cannot or does not work efficiently. 

adj
  • Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious 

  • Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or unproductive; effecting little or nothing 

How often have the words asleep at the wheel and inefficient occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )