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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The results deliver readings for specific nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium so that each field can get the right fertilizer, with the right amount of nutrients it needs for more efficient production.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

And he thinks A.I. can be harnessed to make government more efficient and effective for constituents.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

GS also expects memory suppliers to expand long-term agreements with clients to enhance demand visibility and make more efficient capex plans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2026

Researchers have uncovered evidence that superconductivity can be controlled by changing a material's surrounding environment, a breakthrough that could eventually lead to more efficient electronics and powerful quantum technologies.

From Science Daily • May 29, 2026

Chubs, more often than not, was a ghost—always working, looking for ways to catch Clancy’s attention by stitching up the kid who’d split her lip or suggesting a more efficient way of harvesting the garden.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken