The term inefficiency has several meanings depending on the context in which its used: Productive inefficiency, Resource-market inefficiency and X-inefficiency might be analyzed using Data Envelopment Analysis and similar methods. ... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inefficiency
• (n.) The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/inefficiency/
In`ef·fi'cien·cy noun The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/I/49