Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The quality of being ineffective.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Quality of being ineffective.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being
ineffective
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun lacking the power to be effective
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Examples
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Conference of Review to assess the peace process and what it called the ineffectiveness of peace structures and the negotiation process.
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... his ineffectiveness is a serious, perhaps fatal problem for the issues we care about.
McGinn Says He’ll Veto Tunnel Agreement; Council President Says Mayor is “Grandstanding” « PubliCola 2010
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Despite philandering, murder, and just plain ineffectiveness, they are still treated as Gods by the liberal press.
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Republicans have been vocal in criticizing what they call the ineffectiveness of the stimulus package to lower unemployment and jump start the economy.
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The enemy's ineffectiveness is a blessing, she said, and why the attacks continue baffles her.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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Her ineffectiveness is bad enough, but her idleness on this issues is destructive.
Muhlenberg Hospital to close Dan 2008
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The statistics underline the long-term ineffectiveness of the criminal justice system at diverting persistent offenders from a life of crime.
Reoffending rates top 70% in some prisons, figures reveal Alan Travis 2010
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But he has compiled an 11.24 ERA this season and his season-long ineffectiveness is more troublesome now that Rolando Arrojo has been shifted from the bullpen to the rotation, replacing Oliver.
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The short-term ineffectiveness was confirmed yesterday by Italy's civil protection chief,
Corrente 2010
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The OC considers the long-term ineffectiveness of domestic social policy:
Vox Popoli 2009
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