efficiency

Noun

Meaning

The quality of being efficient or producing an effect or effects; efficient power; effectual agency.

The ratio of useful work to energy expended.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

performance economy output capacity capability effectiveness productivity competence competency cost-effectiveness birr order power energy effect
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Antonyms

inefficiency oscillation failure delay doubt inability
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Hypernyms

ratio skillfulness

Hyponyms

economy figure of merit

Related terms

effect effector effective efficient effectiveness efficiently

Phrases with the word

Energy Efficiency tax efficiency manage with efficiency run with efficiency performance efficiency workplace efficiency

Examples

The worst enemy of life, freedom and the common decencies is total anarchy; their second worst enemy is total efficiency. Aldous Huxley

If stability and efficiency required that there existed markets that extended infinitely far into the future - and these markets clearly did not exist - what assurance do we have of the stability and efficiency of the capitalist system? Joseph Stiglitz

The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines of the greatest structural efficiency. Herbert Read

The trouble with lying and deceiving is that their efficiency depends entirely upon a clear notion of the truth that the liar and deceiver wishes to hide. Hannah Arendt

Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall. Stephen Covey

There's neither success nor efficiency without authority and laws. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

efficacity efficacy efficience efficiency apartment efficiency engineer efficiency engineering