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1. efficiency
noun. ['ɪˈfɪʃənsi'] the ratio of the output to the input of any system.
Synonyms
Antonyms
Etymology
- efficientia (Latin)
Rhymes with Efficiency
- immunodeficiency
- self-sufficiency
- proficiency
- sufficiency
- deficiency
How do you spell efficiency? Is it efficency ?
A common misspelling of efficiency is efficency
Sentences with efficiency
1. Noun, singular or mass
Maintain your key fob's efficiency by replacing the battery at least once a year.
Quotes about efficiency
1. Management is efficiency in climbing the ladder of success; leadership determines whether the ladder is leaning against the right wall.
- Stephen Covey
2. Where I come from, we're more about efficiency,' he replies. 'A knife like this'll skewer food, smear butter, and slit throats all at the same time.
- Marie Lu, Champion
3. Our society accepts the book as a given, but the act of reading -- once considered useful and important, as well as potentially dangerous and subversive -- is now condescendingly accepted as a pastime, a slow pastime that lacks efficiency and does not contribute to the common good.
- Alberto Manguel, The Library at Night