inefficient vs privative

inefficient

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

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

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

privative

adj
  • consisting in the absence of something; negative 

  • causing privation; depriving 

  • indicating the absence of something 

noun
  • something that causes privation or indicates an absence 

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