Meaning & use

productivity

noun·Academic

The rate at which work is done or goods are produced relative to the time, effort, or resources used.

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The new software boosted the team's productivity by cutting hours of manual data entry.

Poor sleep can quietly drain your productivity throughout the workday.

A note on using this word

Productivity measures output relative to input, not just how busy someone is; a person can be busy without being productive.

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