ineffectiveness
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5.4
- noun
- /ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪvnəs/
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inefectividad
- A smaller proportion of respondents indicated refusal to be vaccinated because of "ineffectiveness for self-protection" and "ineffectiveness for protecting others."
- contribute to ineffectiveness
- corruption and ineffectiveness
- factors contributing to ineffectiveness
He was frustrated by his ineffectiveness in promoting eugenics.
- He was frustrated by his ineffectiveness in promoting eugenics.
- I see nothing that in particular that fast track would do to end this general sense of government ineffectiveness.
- I'm the Yoda, The Yoda of ineffectiveness.
- The chance to draw back, always creating ineffectiveness, he went on to say, concerning all acts of initiative or creation.
Examples
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Their subservience to foreign powers combined with charges of corruption and ineffectiveness has exacerbated their deficiencies.
Academic text (1992) -
The 1967 Social Security Act Amendments attempted to correct the ineffectiveness of the earlier provisions.
Academic text (1995) -
Because of the ineffectiveness of the therapy, the woman was transferred to our department.
Academic text (2007) -
Another feature of many character education programs that contributes to ineffectiveness is a curriculum guide.
Academic text (2002) -
Teacher failure to credit individual students for teamwork accounts in part for the ineffectiveness of groups.
Academic text (1996) -
For three main reasons, governments in the industrialized West have entered a period of pronounced ineffectiveness.
Academic text (2012) -
Furthermore, the evaluation of single-focus programs has demonstrated the ineffectiveness of general guidelines.
Academic text (2001) -
Goal diffusion combined with inadequate means to meet concurrent goals translates to ineffectiveness.
Academic text (2015) -
The CDI measures five highly correlated factors: Negative Mood, Interpersonal Problems, Ineffectiveness, Anhedonia, and Negative Self-Esteem.
Academic text (2008) -
The ineffectiveness of the new policy led to widespread dissatisfaction among citizens.
Synonyms
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1.3
Not reaching what was planned or expected
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7.0
A feeling or situation when something is useless because it cannot succeed
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9.1
A lack of ability to make plans or actions produce the wanted result
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8.7
Unable to produce the wanted result
The state of not producing the intended result
A lack of ability to make something have the result you want
Not doing much useful work or making progress
Antonyms
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
ineffectiveness = ineffective (transparent) = in + effect + ive + ness
This is a regular noun formation from the adjective 'ineffective', meaning the state or quality of being ineffective.
Etymology
Ineffectiveness begins with in- meaning 'not' and contains effect, which means 'result' and is the same root in effect and effective. So ineffectiveness is the state of 'not producing a result' — not making something work.