Efficient meaning in English

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Definition

(an) efficient (process, person): (a) productive, successful (process), (a) competent, capable (person) adjective
The term efficient should be distinguished from effective. An "effective (process)" produces the desired effect or result, while an "efficient (process)" is completed with minimum effort, energy, or waste.
Icarus is the most efficient accountant Delavigne has ever had. He works very quickly and never makes errors.
efficiency: productivity, power, competence, capability noun
(completed) efficiently: (completed) without wasting time or resources, productively, competently, capably adverb

UK: The heating in our office is not very efficient.
US: We need to improve the efficiency of the sales team.

Examples

  • "Emissions, efficiency"
  • "I'd really like to learn a new language or two, so I could operate more efficiently in, say, the Middle Eastern sector."
  • "Miss Fiona Stake is an efficiency expert (a consultant to be precise), hired by Bruno at the request of several Delavigne Corp investors who are concerned about the efficiency of our staff."
  • "Katherine : I think I'm the best person for the job because I'm highly organized, extremely efficient, and a great multi-tasker."
  • "Our mantra: efficiency, efficiency, efficiency!"
  • "Alice Gray : Well, I'm reliable, hardworking, efficient and, above all, I'm an excellent cleaner."
  • "I estimate that you have decreased my daily efficiency by 59.75 percent and increased my chance of a brain trauma by 63.26 percent!"
  • "Fiona : And I'm an efficiency expert with a job to do."
  • "Subject: Efficiency Review: You're next!"
  • "And he's helping us with our paper recycling system. He's very efficient at chewing confidential financial reports."
  • "Doris used to be an excellent worker: punctual, efficient and a talented maker of coffee PERIOD."
  • "Fiona's task is to create detailed reports of each employee's efficiency, and to eventually compile a comprehensive study of our general effectiveness."
  • "Their goal is to promote teamwork and develop "skill sets" which will help us become more confident, more efficient and more focused on the well-being of the entire organization."
  • "No doubt you've heard rumors of the efficiency expert who has been roaming our halls periodically since April."
  • "My job is to evaluate your efficiency in the workplace."
  • "We have a very knowledgeable and efficient staff that will help you to increase your company's ability to be eco-friendly in all areas."
  • "Miss Fiona Stake, efficiency expert"
  • "A lot of people don't realize that an efficient workplace requires positive energy."

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