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ObligatoryOption t1_j6kr8tg wrote

You can't verbify "efficient" because you can't efficient something without saying what you're doing, and what you're doing is the verb, not how you're doing it.

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Openly_Guarded t1_j6ksyt4 wrote

They're talking about not having a term like efficient-ize, the way you do with other adjectives like legal.

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ObligatoryOption t1_j6ktn0v wrote

Ah, then an equivalent verb is "optimize", which means to modify (a process) in order to achieve maximum efficiency. The existence of this verb eliminates the need to verbify "efficient" without loss of efficiency.

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inomorr OP t1_j6ln1t9 wrote

Right you are, but then again, not very 'efficient' to have a different word when efficientise would have worked well enough.

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Mon69ster t1_j6lh70s wrote

Streamline, develop, enhance, ameliorate.

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