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ineffectiveness

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in·ef·fec·tive  (n-fktv)
adj.
1. Not producing an intended effect; ineffectual: an ineffective plea.
2. Inadequate; incompetent: an ineffective teacher.

inef·fective·ly adv.
inef·fective·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ineffectiveness - lacking the power to be effective
impotence, impotency, powerlessness - the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble
inefficaciousness, inefficacy - a lack of efficacy
effectiveness, effectivity, effectuality, effectualness - power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
Translations
ineffectiveness [ˌɪnɪˈfektɪvnɪs] N [of measure, policy, drug] → ineficacia f; [of person, committee] → incompetencia f, ineficacia f; [of effort, attempt] → infructuosidad f
ineffectiveness [ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪvnɪs] n [system, action] → inefficacité f
ineffectiveness
nUnwirksamkeit f, → Ineffektivität f; (of attempt)Fruchtlosigkeit f, → Nutzlosigkeit f; (of person)Unfähigkeit f


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But the most amazing example of the ineffectiveness of the orders given by the authorities at that time was Napoleon's attempt to stop the looting and re-establish discipline.
By-and-by Celia would come in her quality of bridesmaid as well as sister, and through the next weeks there would be wedding visits received and given; all in continuance of that transitional life understood to correspond with the excitement of bridal felicity, and keeping up the sense of busy ineffectiveness, as of a dream which the dreamer begins to suspect.
The child, she was very little more, broke out at last in speech, passionately, yet with a miserable fore-knowledge of the ineffectiveness of anything she might say.
 
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