efficiencies

NOUN

adeptness, effectiveness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ability adaptability capability competence energy expertise performance productivity readiness skill talent

STRONG

abundance address adequacy capableness competency completeness economy effectualness efficacy facility faculty know-how potency power powerfulness productiveness proficiency prowess quantity resourcefulness response skillfulness suitability suitableness thoroughness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

idleness ignorance impotence inability inadequacy incapability incapacity incompetence ineptness weakness

STRONG

disability inefficiency lack

WEAK

helplessness ineffectiveness

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efficiencies

There have been mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, overlaps, layoffs, and quote-unquote efficiencies all along the way.

From Slate ● Sep. 1, 2026

While the official line in the current climate is that efficiencies have to be made, unions describe the move more like cuts.

From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026

The technique produced DNA assembly efficiencies two to five times higher than those achieved with conventional restriction enzyme methods.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026

What he admits to be an “unscientific” extrapolation of corporate claims of AI-linked efficiencies shows businesses enjoying an average 150 basis points of margin improvement.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 10, 2026

Having absorbed Lawrence’s confidence that further efficiencies eventually would be achieved, Groves reduced the specification for Y-12 to five hundred tanks, or five racetracks.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik