Meaning & use
productivity
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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