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leanness

4.6

Using few resources and making little waste to work well

noun
/ˈlinəs/

Specialized

: eficiencia

Improving leanness in the production line can lead to better efficiency and higher profits.

Examples

This protocol, combining elements of exercise training, fasting, and low-fat eating, is both sustainable and healthful, and in reasonably compliant subjects may have considerable potential for promoting and maintaining leanness and insulin sensitivity.

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The company's focus on leanness has allowed it to reduce costs and improve productivity.
In lean manufacturing, leanness is essential for streamlining processes and minimizing waste.

Synonyms

efficiency

vsleanness

342 3.4

Getting good results while using little time, effort, or money

is used as a business method to cut waste and improve processes

frugality

vsleanness

8 5.8

Careful use of money and things to avoid waste

focuses on organization-wide waste reduction and process improvement

Antonyms

inefficiency

27 4.2

A situation when work wastes time, money or effort

wastefulness

1 4.6

Using money or things carelessly in a way that causes extra loss

How Efficient

optimization

48 5.5

leanness

Specialized

4.6

efficiency

342 3.4

wastefulness

1 4.6

inefficiency

27 4.2

Surface Forms

leanness singular

leannesses plural

Morphology

leanness = lean (semi-transparent) = lean + ness

Formally a regular nominalization of 'lean', but the specialized business/management sense ('efficiency, minimal waste') is jargon-like and may not be predictable to general learners.

Etymology

Leanness comes from lean, which originally meant 'without extra' or 'thin'. A helpful way to remember the business sense is to think of 'cutting the fat', so leanness means removing waste and working more efficiently.