noneffective
- adjective
- /nʌnɪˈfɛktɪv/
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ineficaz
- The manager decided to replace the noneffective strategy with a new approach that better met the team's needs.
Examples
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The union will always move the shells around because it objects to any evaluation method that might differentiate effective teachers from noneffective ones and that does not end up grading almost all teachers as Outstanding.
Blog text (26) -
The ICC provides estimates of instruction, effective and noneffective classroom management, and child engagement, and it allows comparisons with local and agency norms.
Academic text (2006) -
Partin makes a clear distinction between the noneffective and the most effective teacher.
Academic text (2009) -
Despite their efforts, the campaign was noneffective in raising awareness about the issue.
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The treatment was deemed noneffective, prompting doctors to recommend alternative options.
Synonyms
90
3.4
Not working well enough to give the wanted result
21
3.8
Not giving useful or wanted results
3
4.4
Not working or broken
2
4.5
Not giving useful results or helping to finish work, like a meeting
1
3.9
Not working and so not doing its job
1
8.2
Not producing the result you want
Not producing the intended result
Not useful for practical purposes
Antonyms
How Effective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Noneffective combines the prefix non- meaning 'not' and effective meaning 'producing an effect', the same root as the common word effect; a helpful way to remember it is 'no effect'. So something noneffective simply does not produce the intended result.