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ineffectiveness

Pronunciation:  `ini'fektivnes

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 Definition: [n]  lacking the power to be effective
 
 Synonyms: ineffectuality, ineffectualness
 
 Antonyms: effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness
 
 See Also: impotence, impotency, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, powerlessness

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In`ef*fect"ive*ness\, n.
Quality of being ineffective.

 
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