ineffective
[in-i-fek-tiv]
adjective
not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
inefficient or incompetent; incapable: an ineffective manager.
lacking in artistic effect, as a literary work, theatrical production, or painting.
Origin of ineffective
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Related Words for ineffectiveness
inadequacy, infirmity, impotence, powerlessness, helplessness, uselessness, feebleness, weakness, inefficacy, incapabilityExamples from the Web for ineffectiveness
Contemporary Examples of ineffectiveness
But inefficiency and ineffectiveness are not its only evils.
Conservatives in this country will undoubtedly pile on the United Nations for its ineffectiveness.
Historical Examples of ineffectiveness
Now, at last, he had no cunning, and he was hazily conscious of his ineffectiveness.
The Watchers of the PlainsRidgewell Cullum
In the diagram, Fig. 108, the ineffectiveness of the thrust is shown at those points.
MotorsJames Slough Zerbe
The result of half-knowledge is always flabbiness and ineffectiveness.
Expository WritingMervin James Curl
To the want of balance was chiefly due the ineffectiveness of these hints.
The Bright MessengerAlgernon Blackwood
The worst feature of the experiment was its ineffectiveness.
Jefferson and his ColleaguesAllen Johnson
ineffective
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