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efficient

[ih-fish-uhnt] / ɪˈfɪʃ ənt /


Usage

What are other ways to say efficient? The adjective efficient, when applied to a person or a thing, implies the skillful use of energy or industry to accomplish desired results with little waste of effort: efficient methods; an efficient manager. Effective is applied to a person or a thing that has the power to, or which actually does, produce an effect: an effective boss, remedy, speech. Effectual is used especially of that which produces the effect desired or intended, or a decisive result: An effectual bombardment silenced the enemy. Efficacious suggests the capability of achieving a certain end: an efficacious plan, medicine. 

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"Firms won market share not by being more efficient or more innovative but by being more heavily subsidised."

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

GS also expects memory suppliers to expand long-term agreements with clients to enhance demand visibility and make more efficient capex plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

“Phones, PCs, vehicles, factories, robots, cameras, sensors and connected devices all need efficient, secure compute with software that scales. These AI workloads will all run on Arm.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 1, 2026

But the industry body for waste companies says vape recycling has not improved enough, so a small, refundable deposit at the point of purchase is a "simple, fair, efficient and cost-neutral solution".

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

The purpose of Fly’s flight is to collect new data in a quicker and more efficient fashion than I am able to.

From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga




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