inefficient vs irregular

inefficient

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 

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

irregular

adj
  • nonstandard; not conforming to rules or expectations 

  • without symmetry, regularity, or uniformity 

  • rough 

  • not regular; having sides that are not equal or angles that are not equal 

  • whose faces are not all regular polygons (or are not equally inclined to each other) 

  • not following the regular or expected patterns of inflection in a given language 

noun
  • A soldier who is not a member of an official military force and who may not use regular army tactics. 

  • One who does not regularly attend a venue. 

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