Definition of efficent
1. efficient [ a ] being effective without wasting time or effort or expense
Examples:
"an efficient production manager"
"efficient engines save gas"
(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 .
Synonyms efficient Related Terms inefficient economic streamlined expeditious businesslike cost-effective underspent high-octane effective competent2. efficient [ a ] able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively
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"
(L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)
But it is plain that a warning system , however efficient , is not enough .
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