Antonym: inefficient. Similar words: efficiency, sufficient, scientific, efficacy, official, officially, officious, ancient. Meaning: [-nt] adj. 1. being effective without wasting time or effort or expense 2. able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively.
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(151) A number of quick-drying cements are available: probably the most efficient is Alvar 1570 in chloroform.
(152) Such a relationship could be fostered effectively and relatively cheaply by efficient consuls.
(153) Many experts, he said, believed that we should aim for a smaller, more concentrated and more efficient network.
(154) Wilson agreed that it would be more efficient to consolidate authority over the island under one entity.
(155) To render capitalism more humane and efficient was the principal aim of the professional expert.
(156) She had seen Guy fight before at the river crossing, but then he had been quick and efficient.
(157) Some have more efficient clutches, some have better bale-arm mechanisms; better finishes or smoother gears.
(158) There was a general acceptance of the need for further and continuing training with greater emphasis on efficient production as opposed to increased production.
(159) But Mr Mugabe wants resettlement to be efficient, too,(www.Sentencedict.com) and is absorbing the Musengezi lesson.
(160) These national breeding programmes are highly efficient and successful but the diversity has been lost.
(161) They have developed a reasonably efficient administration, with an elected parliament and municipal councils.
(162) Organisationally, the working of both payroll and personnel records has been very useful in providing an efficient administrative service.
(163) Such procedures should aim to ensure efficient operation and the provision of fresh, clean air.
(164) Four questions for corporate finance One man's efficient, interconnected global market is another man's arbitrary and nationally divisive casino.
(165) Good judgement of conditions, an early start and a fast, efficient ascent are essential to avoid such torrid descent.
(166) She looked as efficient as a hospital matron, as cool as a cucumber.
(167) The work will include cavity wall insulation, roof insulation, double glazing and installation of energy efficient heating systems.
(168) Efficient emergency treatment relies upon being able to stem the blood loss with a tourniquet around the foot.
(169) Writing is downgraded as if it is a clumsy substitute for more efficient means of preserving data and the findings or conclusions.
(170) Investment in some technology can be justified as it leads to more efficient billing.
(171) Lower prices forced the industry to cut costs and develop more efficient technology.
(172) They point out that bottom-up statistical methods are efficient from a computational point of view, but exhibit poor error correcting capabilities.
(173) Property rights thus have a distributional implication - who compensates whom - but also act to achieve the socially efficient allocation.
(174) Smothering the world with efficient carbon sink plantings, such as eucalyptus and genetically modified poplar, is an anathema.
(175) Our success is based on making an organisation's use of new or existing computer systems efficient and effective.
(176) A far more efficient option is a fire which has a convector firebox to boost output.
(177) It matters little to the efficient running of the Civil Service where the administrative work of a department is carried out.
(178) Mr Mates was the efficient stage manager of Michael Heseltine's almost successful bid for the premiership.
(179) Therefore they will happily collaborate in manufacturing efficient survival machines.
(180) The superintendent in the steel company needed power to get a more efficient delivery schedule of slabs.
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