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inefficient

How many syllables in inefficient?

  4 syllables

Divide inefficient into syllables:   in-ef-fi-cient
Primary syllable stress:   in-ef-fi-cient
Secondary syllable stress:   in-ef-fi-cient
How to pronounce inefficient:   in-i-fish-ent
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