About The Word Ineffective
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Ineffective
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What's The Definition Of Ineffective?
[adj] lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
[adj] not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation" [adj] lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" Synonyms | Synonyms for Ineffective: impotent | incompetent | ineffectual | inefficient | toothless | unable | uneffective | unproductive Related Terms | Find terms related to Ineffective: abortive | aimless | barren | bootless | counterproductive | effete | emasculate | empty | etiolated | failed | failing | fatuitous | fatuous | featherweight | feckless | forceless | fruitless | futile | ill-qualified | impotent | inadequate | inane | incapable | incapable of | incompetent | ineffectual | inefficacious | inefficient | inept | inferior | inoperative | invalid | invertebrate | lame | lightweight | maladjusted | manque | meaningless | miscarried | miscarrying | no go | no-account | not equal to | not up to | nugacious | nugatory | of no account | of no effect | of no force | of no use | pointless | powerless | purposeless | spineless | sterile | stickit | stillborn | successless | superfluous | unable | unable to | unadapted | unadjusted | unauthoritative | unavailable | unavailing | unendowed | unequipped | unfit | unfitted | unfortunate | ungifted | unproductive | unqualified | unsuccessful | untalented | useless | vain | weak | without any weight | worthless See Also | idle | inefficacious | powerless | useless | weak Ineffective In Webster's Dictionary \In`ef*fect"ive\, a. [Pref. in- not + effective: cf.
F. ineffectif.]
Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as,
an ineffective appeal.
The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and
ineffective letter. --Jer. Taylor.
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