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noun

a small apartment consisting typically of a combined living room and bedroom area, a bathroom, and a kitchenette.

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Also called efficiency.

Origin of efficiency apartment

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby efficiency apartment

effete, efficacious, efficacity, efficacy, efficiency, efficiency apartment, efficiency expert, efficient, efficient cause, efficiently, Effie

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How to use efficiency apartment in a sentence

And increasingly smart navigation aids in the cockpit brought far greater precision and efficiency to route planning.
Flight 8501 Poses Question: Are Modern Jets Too Automated to Fly?|Clive Irving|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
Mario Cuomo, a Frustrating Hero to Democrats, Is Dead at 82|Eleanor Clift|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“Bodegas, private residences, apartment buildings, you name it,” the investigator says.
Exclusive: Inside a Cop-Killer’s Final Hours|Michael Daly|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
At 24, I slipped on the ice outside of my Michigan apartment.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Magazines are the only thing in my apartment that qualify as clutter.
I’m a Digital Hoarder|Lizzie Crocker|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Can there be any comparison between the educational efficiency of the two methods?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
An estimation of the solids, therefore, furnishes an important clue to the functional efficiency of the kidneys.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Is the college stage of our present educational system anywhere near its maximum possible efficiency?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
To the invitation to precede him she readily responded, and, with a bow to the Seneschal, she began to walk across the apartment.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini
The others stood silent till they heard the outer door of the apartment close behind him.
Confidence|Henry James

British Dictionary definitions for efficiency apartment

efficiency apartment

noun

US a small flat or bedsit

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