For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were very efficient.

Haruki Murakami
For some reason all the middle-aged women he knew were...
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When someone says the word "efficient," they mean that the person is good at doing things. However, when people say "efficient" within a sentence, they usually refer to someone who is good at doing things. It wouldn't make much sense for a person to be very efficient and yet still not know what to do with themselves. The start of this quote implies that the women involved in the story are very efficient and know what to do with their time and careers.

They also have been around for a long period of time, which can be seen as an efficiency. However, because this is a joke, it would have been better for them to have been very lazy and inefficient.

Source: 1Q84

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