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[ adjective ] being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
Examples "an efficient production manager" "efficient engines save gas" Used in print (Richard I. McCosh, "Recreation Site Selection"...)A large picnic_area or camping development is most efficient in shape as a square or rectangle several hundred feet in_width in_preference_to a long narrow area less_than one_hundred feet wide . (Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)Of the two , Porter is justly the better_known , for he went far beyond the vital finding of fiction for films to take the first_step toward fashioning a language of film , toward making the motion_picture the intricate , efficient time_machine that it has remained since , even in the most inept hands . (LeRoy Fothergill, "Biological Warfare", in Peter...)A satisfactory cloud was produced even_though these nozzles were only about 5 per_cent efficient in producing an initial cloud in the size range of 1 to 5 microns . (David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)He could only watch with a sort of gentle dismay while his body did these quick , appalling , and efficient things . |
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[ adjective ] able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
Synonyms Examples "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw "effective personnel" "an efficient secretary" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)But it is plain that a warning system , however efficient , is not enough . Related terms |
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