Inefficiency

ineffectualne . — Inefficiency, -fish'en-sY, n. State or quality of being inefficient; want of power or exertion of power to produce the effect. sun, cube, full; moon, fott; cow, oil; — Ineffi'cient, -fish'ent, a. Not efficient; not producing the effect; inefficacious; habitually slack or remi ; effecting nothing. — Inel'egant. a. Not elegant; wanting m anything which correct taste requires. — Inel'egance, -gancy, -gan-sT, n. Quality of being, etc. —Ineligible, -l-ji-bl, a. Not eligible; not proper to be elected to an office: undesirable. — Ineligibility, n. - Inept', a. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; silly; nonsensical.— Ineptitude, -1-tud, n. Quality of being inept; unfitne ; foolishne ; nonsense. — In equal ' ity, -kwol'Y-tY, n. Quality of being unequal: lack of uniformity; diversity; unevenne ; want of levelne ; disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy. (Alg.) The expre ion of 2 unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality between them,— as, 3 > 2. (Astron.) An irregularity or deviation in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion. — Ineq'uitable, -ek'wY-ta-bl,a. Not equitable: not just. — Inert'', -erf, a. Destitute of the power of moving itself, or of active resistance to motion impre ed; indisposed to move or act: dull; powerle for an effect or influence; inactive; sluggish. — Iner'tia, -er'shY-a, n. (Physics.) That property of matter by which it tends when at rest to remain so, and when in motion to continue in motion. Indisposition to move; inactivity; sluggishne .— In es'timable, -tYma-bl, a. Incapable of being estimated or computed; above all price; incalculable; invaluable. — Inev'itable, -Y-ta-bl, a. Not evitable; incapable of being avoided; unavoidable; not to be withstood or resisted. — Inexact', -egz-akf, a. Not exact: liot precisely correct or true. — Inexcusable, -eks-kuz'a-bl, a. Not admitting excuse or justificatir n. — Inexhaustible, -egz-awsf Y-bl, a. Incapable of being exhausted or emptied; unfailing. — In exist'ent, -egz-ist'ent, n. Not having being; not existing; existing in something else; inherent. — Inex'orable, -eks'o-ra-bl, a. Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; unyielding; unchangeable. — Inexorability, n. — Inexpe'dient, -eks-pe'dYent, a. Not expedient; not tending to a gcod end or to promote a purpose or cause; unfit; improper. — Inexpe'rience, -eks-pelY-ens. n. Absence or want of experience. — Inexpe'rienced. -rl-enst, a. Not having experience; unskilled. — Inexpert', -eksperf, a. Not expert; without knowledge or dexterity derived from practice.— Inex'piable, -eks'pY-a-bl, a. Admitting of no atonement or satisfaction; incapable of being appeased by atonement; implacable. — Inex'plicable, -eks'plY-ka-bl, a. Not explainable; incapaole of being explained, interpreted, or accounted for. — Inexplicit, -eki-plislt, a. Not explicit; not clearly stated. — Inexpre ible, -eks-pres'sY-bl, a. Not capable of expre ion; not to be uttered; unspeakable; ineffable; untold. — Inexpre ive, -iv, a. Not expre ing or intending to expre ; meaningle ; inexpre ible. — Inexpug'nable, -eks-pug'naor -pun'a-bl, a. Incapable of being subdued Dy force; impregnable. — Inextirct', -eks-tinkf, a. Not quenched; not extinct. — I next in'guishable, -tin'gwish-a-bl, n. Not capable of being extinguished; unquenchable. — Irextir'pable, -eks-tei'pa-bl, a. Not capable of being extirpated. — Ines'tri cable, -eks'trY-ka-bl, a. Not capable of being extricated. — Infallible, in-fal'lY-bl, a. Not fallible; entirely exempt from liability to mistake; net liable to fail, or to deceive confidence; certain. — It/famy, -fc-mY, n. Total lo of reputation; publicdisgrr.ee; cxtieme basene or vilene . (Law.) That le of character which a convict incurs, and by which a person is at common law rendered incompetent as a witne . — In'famous, -mus, a. Of ill report; having a reputation of the worst kind; held in abhorrence; detestable; scandalous; disgraceful; base; ignominious. (Law.) Branded with infamy by conviction of a crime. — In'fant, n. A young babe; sometimes, a child several years of age. (Law.) A person not of full ajre; a minor, —a. Pert, to infancy; intended for youna: children. — In'fancy, -sY, n. State of being an infant; earlv part of life; beginning or early period. (Lavj. ) State or condition of one under a Lie; nonage; minority. — In'fantile, -til or -tYl, In'fantine, -tin or -tYn, a. Pert. to. or char linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. act eristic of, infants or young children. — Infanla, -ta, re. In Spain and Portugal, any prince of royal blood, except the eldest daughter when heire apparent. — Infanle, -ta, n. Any son of the except the eldest, or heir apparent. — Infant Icide, -Y-sid, n. (Zaw.) The killing of a newly-born Child-murder; a slayer of infants.— Infantry, rl, re. {Mil.) Foot-soldiers, disting. fr. cavalry. Infea's ible, -fe'zY-bl, a. Not capable of being or accomplished; impracticable. — Infec'und, Unfruitful; not producing young; barren. — felicitous, -lis'Y-tus, a. Not felicitous; unhappy; unfortunate. — Infelicity, -Y-tf, n. Unhappine , misery; misfortune; unfortunate state; unfavorablene . — Infer'tile, -ferlil, a. Not fertile; productive; barren. — Infertility, n. — In'fidel, -t'Y-del, a. Unbelieving; disbelieving the inspiration of the Scriptures, or the divine institution of Christianity. — n. One without faith, or unfaithful; disbeliever in Christianity; unbeliever; esp. a thinker, atheist, or skeptic; formerly, one not of faith, — said by persons of any religion of those of the same belief, as by Christians of Mohammedans, and vice vers a.— Infidelity, re. Want of or belief; skepticism; disbelief of the divine origin of Christianity; unfaithfulne to the marriage tract; breach of trust; treachery; deceit. — In'finite, -fY-nit, a. Unlimited or boundle , in time or space; without limit in power, capacitv, intensity, or moral excellence; perfect; indefinitely large or extensive; immeasurable; illimitable; unbounded. {Math.) Greater than any a ignable quantity of the kind. {Mas.) Capable of endle repetition. — finite space or extent; the Almighty. {Math.) An finite quantity or magnitude. An infinity! an culable or very great number. — Ia'finiteslmal, Infinitely small; le than any a ignable quantity.— re. {Math.) An infinitely small quantity, or one than any a ignable quantity.— Infinitive, -Y-tiv, Unlimited; not bounded or restricted. — Infinitive' mode. {Oram.) That mode of the verb which pre es the action of the verb without limitation person or number; as, to lore: infinitive is used as a noun to denote this mode.— Infinitude, tud, re. Quality of being infinite; infinitene finite extent; immensity: boundle number; countle multitude.— Infinity, -Y-tY, re. Unlimited tent of time, space, or.quantity; boundle ne limited capacitv, energy, or excellence; endle indefinite number; immense multitude. {Math.) The state of a quantity when greater than any signable quantity of the same kind. — Infirm'', -ferm', a. Not firm or sound; weak; weak of mind; irresolute; not solid or stable; sickly; feeble b ecile. — Infirm'' ary, -a-rT, n. A hospital, or where the infirm or sick are lodged and nursed. Infirmity, -Y-tY, re. State of being infirm; an perfection or weakne ; esp., a disease, malady; ing; foible; debility; imbecility; imperfection.— Inflexible, -fleks'Y-bl, a. Not capable of being bent; firm; firm in purpose; not to be changed incapable of change; unbending; unyielding; rigid; inexorable; stubborn; unrelenting. — In for^mal, -for'mal, a. Not in the regular, usual, or established form; irregular; not according to official prescribed rules or forms; not binding; without emony.—Infrangible, -jt-bl, a. Not capable of ing broken or separated into parts; not to be lated. — Infrequent, -kwent, a. Seldom happening or occurring to notice; unfrequent; rare; uncommon. — Infre'quence, -guency, re. — Iigel'able, in-jeKa-bi, a. Incapable of being gealed. — Inglolious, -rT-us, a. Not glorious; bringing honor; shameful; disgraceful. — Ingloliously, a:lv — In'grate, -grat, a. Ungrateful; unpleasiug to the sense. — n. An ungrateful person. — gratitude, -giafT-tud, re. Want of gratitude sensibility to favors; unthankfulne . — Inharmonic, in-har-monlk, -ical, a. Not monic; unharmonious. — Inhannc'nious, -mo'hYus, a. Discordant. — Inhos'pitable, -pY-ta-bl, Not hospitable; not disnosed to entertain strangers. — Inho3vpitablene , -pitallty, n. — Innu'mah, Destitute of the kindne belonging to a human ing; characterized by, or attended with, cruelty pitile ; mercile ; savage; barbarous.— Inhuman''the I ity, n. State of being inhuman. i — Inimical, in-im'i-kal, a. Having the disposition king, or temper of an enemy; unfriendly; opposed in tendency, influence, or effects; repugnant. — Inimrchild. [ itable, -f-ta-bl. ". Not capable of being imitated or -f antj copied.— Iniq'uity, -ik'wY-tY, re. Absence of, or deviation from, equator just dealing; want of rectitude; — an act of injustice or unrighteousne ; Mickedne ; done sin; crime; a character in the old Eng. moralities, a. j In-! or moral dramas, having the name sometimes of one vice and sometimes of another. — Iniq'uitous, -wYtus, a. Characterized by iniquity; wicked; nefarious; criminal.! un- | — Injudicious, in-ju-dish'us, a. Not judicious; void; of judgment; indiscreet; unwise; rash; hasty; imprudent. — Inlure, -jur, v. t. [-jured (-jurd), -juk- ] isg.] To do harm to, hurt, damage; to wound, as the | a [ person: to impair soundne , as of health; to damage freej or le en the value of, as goods or estates; to slant he; der, or impair, as reputation or character; to dim in not ish, as happine ; to give pain to, as the sensibilities i or the feelings; to impair, as the intellect or mind. faith j — Injulious, -julY-us, a. Not just; wrongful; hurtful or prejudicial to the rights of another; tending con- | to injure; pernicious; baneful; contumelious; hurting reputation. — In'jury, -ju-rY, n. That which injures, brings harm, or occasions lo or diminution ] of good; mischief; detriment; damage.— Injuslice, ( -tis, n. Want of justice and equity; violation of the rights of an individual; wrong. same — Inliocent, in'no-sent, o. Not harmful; free from n. In guilt; not tainted with sin; lawful; permitted; not in- I contraband; harmle ; inoffensive; pure; blamele ; in cal faultle ; upright.— re. One free from guilt or harm; a. | an ignorant person; hence, an idiot; dolt; simpleton. | — In'nocence, -sens, re. State of being innocent; in le nocuousne ; state of being not chargeable with guilt a. or sin; purity of heart; ignorance; imbecility.— In'nocency, -sen-sY, n. Same as Innocence, but antiexof «. Harmle ; quated.— safe; In'nocently, producing adv.— Innoc/uous,-nok/'u-us, noill effect: innocent. often — Innoxious, -nok's hus, a. "Free from mischievous -Tqualities; harmle in effects; innocent: guiltle .—; in- Innumerable, -mer-a-bl, a. Not capable of being numbered, for multitude; very numerous; countexle ; numberle ; unnumbered. — Innutrilion,; un- -trisb/un, re. Want of nutrition. — Innutri'tious, or -trfsb/us, a. Not nutritious, or nourishing; in nutritive. — Innulritive, -trT-tiv, a. Not nourishing. as- — Inobserv/'ant,in-ob-zervrant,a. Not taking notice; heedle . — Inobservance, -ans, re. Want of observance; negligence —Ino'dorous, -o'dgr-us, n. Want-; iming scent; having no smell. — Inoffen's ive, -siv, a. Giving no offense, provocation, or disturbance; harm place — le ; doing no injury or mischief.— Inoffi'cial. -fish'imal, a. Not official; not done in the usual forms or by fail the proper officer. — Inofficious, -fish"'us, a. Not civil or attentive. {Law.) Regardle of natural obligation; contrary to natural duty. — In opera-; tive, -er-a-tiv, a. Not operative; producing no effect.—Inop/portune/', -por-tun'r, a. Not opportune; unseasonable in time. — Inor'dinate, -or'di-nat, a. Not limited to rules prescribed, or to usual bounds; or irregular; disorderly; exce ive; immoderate.— Inorcerganic, -ical, a. Not organic; without organs; not be being, or derived from, an organized structure; unvioorganized; pert, or relating to unorganized substances.—Inor'ganized, -Izd, a. Not having organic structure. — Inquietude, in-kwi'e-tud, re. Disturbed state; uneasine of mind or bod3\ connot — Insalu'brio us, in-sa-lu'brY-us, a. Not salubrious; not healthful; unwholesome.— Insalu'brity.-brY-tY, re. Unhealthfulne ; unwholesomene . — Insane', In- -san', a. Not sane; unsound in mind; crazy; dis-; in tracted; delirious; frantic; raving; mad; used by, or appropriated to, insane persons. — Insanity, -san'Yhar- -tY, re. Derangement of mind; disorder of the mental faculties arising from disease of the brain; alien a a. tion; aberration; mania. — Ins a liable, -shT-a-bl, a. Incapable of being satisfied or appeased. — Insa'a. tiate, -shT-at, a. Insatiable. — Insati'ety, -ti'e-tY, re. be- Insatiablene . — Ins a fur able, -u-ra-bl, a. Not capa-; ble of being saturated. — Inscient, in'shY-er.t or in-; end, eve, term; Yn, Ice; Odd, tone, or; 197 INSCRUTABLE sfent, a. Having little or no knowledge; ignorant. — • Inscru'table, -skroo'ta-bl, a. Incapable of being searched into and understood by inquiry or study, or of being discovered or explained by human reason. — Insec'able, -sek'a-bl, a. Incapable of being divided by a cutting instrument. — Insecure', -sekurr, a. Not secure; not safe; exposed to or apprehensive of danger or lo . — Insecurity, -ku'rY-tY, n. Condition of being insecure; danger; hazard want of confidence in one's safety; uncertainty. — Insen's ate, a. Destitute of sense; stupid; foolish.— Insen's ible, -sT-bl, a. Destitute of the power of perceiving; void of feeling; wanting tenderne ; incapable of being perceived by the senses; progre ing by imperceptible degrees; imperceptible; dull; stupid; torpid; unfeeling; indifferent; hard; callous.— Insen's ibillty, n.— Insen'tient, -shent, a. Not having perception, or power of perception. —Inseparable,-a-ra-bl, a. Not separable; incapable of being separated or disjoined. — Insignificant, -T-kant, a. Not significant; destitute of meaning; having no weight or effect; without weight of character; unimportant; immaterial; trivial; mean; contemptible. — Insignificance, -icancy, -T-kan-sY, n. Want of significance or meaning; want of force or effect; unimportance want; of claim to consideration or notice. — Insincere', -sin-ser', a. Not sincere; not being in truth what one appears to be; deceitful; hypocritical false,; — said of things; not to be trusted or relied upon; di embling; disingenuous. —Insincerity, -ser'T-tf, n. Want of sincerity; di imulation hypocrisy;; deceitf ulne . — Insipid, a. Destitute of taste; wanting spirit, life, or animation vapid; dull; spiritle ; lifele ; flat.— Insipidity, -pid'I-tT, Insipidne , n. Quality of being insipid; want of taste; tastele ne ; want of interest, life, or spirit. — Insobrf ety, -brfe-tY, n. Want of sobriety; intemperance. — Inso'ciable, -sha-bl, a. Not sociable; not given to conversation; taciturn. — In's olent, -so-lent, a. Proud and haughty, with contempt of others; proceeding from insolence; overbearing; insulting; abusive; saucy; impudent; audacious; pert; opprobrious. — In's olence, -so-lens, n. Pride or haughtine manifested in contemptuous and overbearing treatment of others; impudence. — Insol'uble, -sol'u-bl, a. Not soluble; incapable of being di olved, particularly by a liquid; not to be solved or explained. — InsoiVable, «. Not solvable; not capable of solution or explication; incapable of being paid or discharged. — Insolvent, a. (Law.) Not solvent; not having sufficient estate to pay one's debts; not sufficient to pay all the debts of the owner; respecting persons unable to pay their debts. — n. One not solvent. Insolvency, -en-st, n. Condition of one unable to pay his debts as they fall due, or in the usual course of trade and busine ; insufficiency to discharge all debts of the owner. — Insom'nia, -nY-a, n. Want of sleep; inability to sleep; wakefulne . — Insom1'nious, -nT-us, a._ Restle in sleep; sleeple . — Insouciance, ax-soo'se-oxs', n. Carele ne ; unconcern. — Insta'ble, a. Not stable; prone to change or recede from a purpose; mutable; inconstant. — In sub or'dinate, -Sr'dY-nat, a. Not submi ive; mutinous. — In sub or'din a'tion, n. Want of subordination; disobedience to lawful authority. — Insufferable, -fer-a-bl, a. Incapable of being suffered insupportable; unendurable: intolerable; disgusting beyond endurance. — Insufifcient, -fislf ent, a. Not sufficient; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose wanting in strength, power, ability, or skill; incommensurate unequal;; unfit.— Insu'perable, -per-abl, a. Not superahle; incapable of being pa ed over, overcome, or surmounted; insurmountable; unconquerabl invincible. e; — Insupportable, a. Incapable of being supported or borne; insufferable; intolerable. — Insurmounfable, -sSr-mownfa-bl, Incapable of being surmounted, or overcome; insuperable. — Insuscep'tible, -sus-sep'tY-bl, a. Not susceptible; not capable of being moved, affected, or impre ed. — Intact', in-takf, a. Untouched, esp. by an}'thing that harms, defiles, etc; uninjured. — Intan^glble, -jY-bl, a. Not tangible; that cannot be touched; immaterial; not perceptible to the touch. sun, cube, full; moon, foot; cow, oil — In'teger, -te-jer,w. A whole number, in contradistinction from a fraction or a mixed number.— In'tegral, -te-gral, a. Complete; whole; entire; not fractional. (Math.) Pert, to, or being a whole number; pert, to, or proceeding by, integration. — n. A whole; an entire thing; a whole number. (Math.) An expre ion which, being differentiated, will produce a given differential. — In'tegrant, a. Making; part of a whole; nece ary to constitute an entire thing. — In'tegrate, -grat, v. t. To make entire; to restore; to give the sum or total. (Math.) To find the integral of. — Integration, n. Act of making entire. (Math.) Operation of finding the primitive function which has a given function for its differential coefficient. — Integ'rity, -teg'rY-tY, n. State of being entire or complete; wholene ; moral soundne ; honesty; uprightne ; unimpaired, or genuine state; purity; probity; virtue; rectitude. —Intern 'perance, -per-ans, n. Want of moderation or due restraint; exce in any indulgence; habitual indulgence in spirituous liquors; act of becoming, or state of being, intemperate. — Intem'perate, a. Indulging to exce any appetite or pa ion, either habitually or in a particular instance; exce ive; ungovernable; inordinate; addicted to exce ive or habitual use of spirituous liquors. — Inter'minable, -ter'mY-na-bl, a. Without termination; admitting no limit; boundle ; immeasurable; infinite; unlimited; wearisomely protracted. — In testable, a. Not legally qualified or competent to make a testament. — Intes'tacy, -ta-sY,n. State of one dying without having made a valid will. — Intes'tate, a. Dying; without having made a valid will; not devised or bequeathed; not disposed of by will. — n. A person who dies without making a valid will. — Intolerable, -er-a-bl, a. Not tolerable; not capable of being endured; insufferable. — Intolerance, -er-ans, n. State of being intolerant; refusal to allow to others the enjoyment of their opinions; illiberality; bigotry. — Intolerant, a. Not enduring difference of opinion or sentiment, esp. in relation to religion; not able or willing to endure. — In tract ' able, -trakt'a-bl, a. Not tractable; not easily governed, j managed, or directed; indisposed to be taught, disciplined, or tamed; stubborn; perverse; refractory; unruly; headstrong; unteachable. — In tract'ablene , -ability, n.— Intran's itive, -sY-tiv, a. (Gram.) Expre ing an action or state limited to the agent, — i. e., an action that does not pa over to, or operate upon, an object. — Intrepid, a. Fearle ; bold; brave; undaunted. — Intrepidity, -tre-pid'Y-tY, n. State or quality of being intrepid; fearle bravery; courage: heroism; valor. — — Inutility, in-u-til'Y-tY, n. Usele ne ; unprofitablene . — Invalid, in-valid, a. Not valid; of no force, weight, or cogency; weak. (Law.) Having no force, effect, or efficacy; void; null. — In'valid, a. In ill health; feeble; infirm. — n. A person who is weak and infirm, sickly or indisposed. — v. t. To enroll on the list of invalids in the military or naval service. — Invalidate. -I-dat, v. t. To render invalid; to destroy the strength or validity of, render of no force or effect. — In vaPid a'tion, n. Act or proce of rendering invalid. —In validity, n. Want of cogency; want of legal force or efficacy.— Inva'riable,; -rY-a-bl, a. Not given to variation or change: immutable; unalterable; always uniform. — Inver'tebral, -ver'te-bral, a. (Zooj.) Destitute of a ver-; tebral column, a_s some animals; invertebrate. — Inver'tebrate, -brat, n. An animal which, etc. — Inver'tebrate, -brat'ed, a. Destitute of a backbone; invertebral. — Invin'cible, -sY-bl, a. Incapable of being conquered or overcome; unconquerable: insuperable. — Invfolable, -o-la-bl, a. Not viola ble; not capable of being broken or violated; not to be a. profaned: sacred; not susceptible of hurt or wound. — Invf olate, -lat, -lated, a. Unhurt; unprofaned; unpolluted; unbroken. — Invisible, -viz'Y-bl, a. Incapable of being seen; imperceptible by the sight. — Invisibility, n. State of being, or that which is, invisible. — Invol'untary, -un-ta-rY, a. Not having will or power of choice; independent of will or choice; not proceeding from choice; not done willingly. — Invufnerable, -ngr-a-bl, a. Incapable of; linger or ink, then, boxboN, chair, get. being wounded or receiving injury; una ailable a bleto resist argument. 210