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Efficient

/ɪˈfɪʃənt/
Working well without wasting time, energy, or resources

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'Our police force has been very efficient in capturing the murderer.The process proved efficient.Anyway, he was there, swinging a dashed efficient shoe.

Etymology:

etymology
From Latin efficiens, meaning producing, effective, from efficere, meaning work out, accomplish. First recorded use in English was in the early 18th century.

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