ineffective treatment
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- noun
- /ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv ˈtritmənt/
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tratamiento ineficaz
- Families of patients often become frustrated by the reliance on ineffective treatment methods that show little improvement.
Examples
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The cost of incorrectly recommending ineffective treatments is obvious, and reducing this negative outcome is a main focus of evidence-based practice.
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I am an optimist that advances in medical science, balanced lifestyle (diet, exercise, stress control, common sense living, etc.) and self-responsibility will eventually root out the quacks and ineffective treatments.
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This is the difference between an effective treatment and an ineffective treatment.
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You need advanced directives that limit physicians from putting you through ineffective treatments.
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The sufferer's knowledge is lost, leading potentially to ineffective treatments and the possibility of misuse.
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A poor therapeutic environment was characterized by ineffective treatment strategies that hinder recovery, including a lack of acceptance of relapse and the harm reduction approach to treatment.
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Continuation of ineffective treatment causes excess patient illness and increases the potential for drug resistance, relapse, death, and transmission of drug-resistant M. tuberculosis strains.
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Many patients continue to suffer because of ineffective treatment options that fail to address their symptoms.
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The doctor explained that using ineffective treatment could delay real recovery and prolong the illness.
Synonyms
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A treatment that is not helpful or is unpleasant but sometimes needed to make you better
How Effective
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'ineffective' (does not produce desired outcomes) modifies 'treatment' (medical care), so a learner can infer 'a treatment that does not achieve the expected results.' This adjective+noun pattern is a common, transparent construction across languages and thus should be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Ineffective treatment comes from the simple image of a medicine or method that does nothing for a patient; ineffective means 'not working' and treatment means care or medicine, so the phrase describes care that does not help or give the expected result.