efficient

[ɪˈfɪʃnt]

Definition:
1. Being effective without wasting time or effort or expense.
2. Able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively.

Use 'efficient' in a sentence:

• 1. Exotic pests are more efficient than most abiotic disturbances.
• 2. They want to be efficient in their search.
• 3. The unhampered market is a very dynamically efficient process.
• 4. It just wasn't very efficient.
• 5. The service at the hotel is efficient and unobtrusive.
• 6. Economic condition was only a stimulus for the trend toward efficient living.
• 7. Priscilla Ouchida's "energy-efficient" house turned out to be a horrible dream.
• 8. Advertisers see magazines as an efficient way of reaching target audience members.
• 9. As we get older the temperature-regulating mechanisms in the body tend to become a little less efficient.
• 10. Learning by doing may not be efficient, but it is effective.
• 11. Futurists agree that these trends will grow as telecommunications networks become cheaper and more efficient.
• 12. Graphite is a highly efficient conductor of electricity.
• 13. The system isn't efficient, and it does not work that well.
• 14. It's not necessarily an efficient way to learn.
• 15. The diesel engine is highly efficient.
• 16. Most American college students need to be efficient readers.
• 17. She is an efficient secretary.
• 18. The service desk at the entrance, with its friendly, helpful and efficient staff, sets the tone for the rest of the store.
• 19. Without efficient means of transportation, people will waste a great deal of time going to and from work.
• 20. Our factory in Cookville is our most advanced and efficient.
• 21. Efficient technology is here now, proven and cheap.
• 22. How can we be more efficient?
• 23. An efficient bulb may lighten the load of power stations.
• 24. I don't think it's very efficient.
• 25. Efficient Economic Organizations: the key to Economic Modernization of Japan.
• 26. Luckily, Sue is very efficient and does an excellent job as Fred's personal assistant.
• 27. But the right amount of stress makes us more efficient, healthier and safer.
• 28. The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
• 29. With today's more efficient contraception women can plan their families and careers.
• 30. This maxim of relevance is quite efficient to use.
• 31. In fact, "becoming more efficient" is part of the problem.
• 32. They had welded a bunch of untrained recruits into an efficient fighting force.
• 33. An efficient transport system is critical to the long-term future of London.
• 34. The creation of an efficient and sustainable transport system is critical.
• 35. She was efficient and reliable.
• 36. Some of the most efficient refrigerators consume 70 percent less electricity than traditional models.
• 37. Service was outstandingly friendly and efficient, falling down on only one detail.
• 38. Regulators may gum up an efficient system.
• 39. These people are very efficient, very organized and excellent time managers.
• 40. As we get older, our bodies become less efficient at burning up calories.
• 41. Computers are very efficient at manipulating information.
• 42. The pill is the most efficient method of birth control.
• 43. She strikes me as a very efficient person.
• 44. I'll say this for them, they're a very efficient company.
• 45. This is currently the most efficient way to transmit certain types of data like electronic mail.
• 46. By investing in efficient plant it could generate lots of valuable carbon credits to sell to wealthier, more wasteful nations.
• 47. Monkeys are efficient climbers.
• 48. We must make the most efficient use of the available financial resources.
• 49. Taking risks is the only way employees can provide effective and efficient customer service.
• 50. The metro is efficient and spotlessly clean.