Meaning of INEFFECTIVE
| Pronunciation: | | `ini'fektiv
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- [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"
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| | Synonyms: | | impotent, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficient, toothless, unable, uneffective, unproductive |
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| | Antonyms: | | effective, effectual, efficacious | | |
| | See Also: | | idle, inefficacious, powerless, useless, weak | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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