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STREAMLINED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does streamlined mean?
• STREAMLINED (adjective)
The adjective STREAMLINED has 2 senses:
1. made efficient by stripping off nonessentials
2. designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
Familiarity information: STREAMLINED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Made efficient by stripping off nonessentials
Context example:
a streamlined hiring process
Similar:
efficient (being effective without wasting time or effort or expense)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Designed or arranged to offer the least resistant to fluid flow
Synonyms:
aerodynamic; flowing; sleek; streamlined
Context example:
a streamlined convertible
Similar:
smooth (having a surface free from roughness or bumps or ridges or irregularities)
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