more efficient

ADJECTIVE

adept, effective

Synonyms

STRONGEST

able active adequate capable competent decisive dynamic economical energetic potent powerful productive profitable skilled skillful tough useful valuable

WEAK

accomplished adapted apt businesslike clever conducive deft economic effectual efficacious equal to experienced expert familiar with fitted good at good for handy masterly organized practiced proficient qualified ready saving shrewd systematic talented virtuous well-organized

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delicate fragile idle impotent inactive inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inept lazy sluggish unable unskilled unskillful useless weak worthless

WEAK

helpless inefficient powerless

Example Sentences

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Scaling intelligence in one dimension is a much more efficient engineering task than trying to build a multimodal model with capabilities across writing, coding and image generation.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 19, 2026

"This is an encouraging step towards a faster and more efficient property market, addressing some of the biggest frustrations that home-movers and industry participants face," he said.

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2026

Some agents who spoke to the Journal were more accepting of the changes as needed to respond to customer demand for faster, more efficient sales.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

Waste Management considers optical sorters as more efficient and accurate for high-volume recycling sorting.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

Up to a point, the bigger a floater is, the more efficient it will be.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan