Effort and Stuff

Effort

Effort noun - The active use of energy in producing a result.

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Stuff and effort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stuff" instead a noun "Effort".

Stuff noun - A skill, an ability, or knowledge that makes a person able to do a particular job.

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Effort and stuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Effort" instead a noun "Stuff".

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

good	good effort	good stuff
physical	physical effort	physical stuff
special	special effort	special stuff
best	best effort	best stuff
Other adjectives: strong, actual, real, hard, serious, little, heroic, extra.

This almost counts as a Useless Useful Skill: by the time you're leveled high enough, the stuff you can steal usually isn't worth the effort.

Source: Shoplift and Die aka: Izchaks Wrath
It seems Julian uses a lot of effort to just get the hell away from it all, from Constantinople, the emperor and all the other stuff.

Source: Theatre / Emperor and Galilean
Without getting an "M" rating for the stuff she says, they simply bleeped a lot of her cusses out...and they don't make a lot of effort to hide what she's saying.

Source: Video Game / Persona 2

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