cost-efficient

adjective

cost-ef·​fi·​cient ˈkȯst-i-ˈfi-shənt 

-ˌfi-

: cost-effective

Examples of cost-efficient in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As subscriptions and flexible leasing models continue to grow, AI has the potential to make fleet management more cost-efficient. —Hans Kristian Aas, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025

It shouldn't be allowed for something so good to be so cost-efficient and family-friendly, but chicken and dumplings happen to exist. —Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 9 Mar. 2025

OpenAI-o1-mini is the American company’s cost-efficient reasoning model released last year. —John Liu, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025

The citizens of Hartford and all Connecticut taxpayers deserve a fully informed, future-minded and transparent decision that fully assesses the benefits of cost-efficient clean energy alternatives like ground source heat pumps. —David Englert, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1913, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cost-efficient

• beneficent
• coefficient
• inefficient
• insufficient
• deficient
• efficient
• omniscient
• proficient
• sufficient