Antonyms for efficient
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-fish-uhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈfɪʃ ənt |
Definition of efficient
Origin :- "capable of producing the desired effect," late 14c., "making, producing immediate effect," from Old French efficient and directly from Latin efficientem (nominative efficiens) "effective, efficient, producing, active," present participle of efficere "work out, accomplish" (see effect). Meaning "productive, skilled" is from 1787. Related: Efficiently.
- adj adept, effective
- Why did not your most efficient employers dispatch an ordinary assassin?
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- What this efficient cause is, is a question that awakens no responsive inquiry.
- Extract from : « Life: Its True Genesis » by R. W. Wright
- And all your Science you have turned to the efficient slaughter of men.
- Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole
- Thus we are led forward always from facts to their efficient causes.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Certainly, they115 are not so efficient as those of the older country; how could they be?
- Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
- The building manager was an efficient man and knew his building and his tenants.
- Extract from : « The Einstein See-Saw » by Miles John Breuer
- They are well drilled in this, and many of their operations are systematic and efficient.
- Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo
- And to this end they ought to be wise and efficient, and to have a special care of the State?
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- Presiding over all this advance is the "efficient cause," God.
- Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker
- Cool, poised, efficient, with an air of authority that commanded respect.
- Extract from : « The Man the Martians Made » by Frank Belknap Long
Synonyms for efficient
- able
- accomplished
- active
- adapted
- adequate
- apt
- businesslike
- capable
- clever
- competent
- conducive
- decisive
- deft
- dynamic
- economic
- economical
- effectual
- efficacious
- energetic
- equal to
- experienced
- expert
- familiar with
- fitted
- good at
- good for
- handy
- masterly
- organized
- potent
- powerful
- practiced
- productive
- proficient
- profitable
- qualified
- ready
- saving
- shrewd
- skilled
- skillful
- systematic
- talented
- tough
- useful
- valuable
- virtuous
- well-organized
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