INEFFECTIVENESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does ineffectiveness mean? • INEFFECTIVENESS (noun)
The noun INEFFECTIVENESS has 1 sense:
1. lacking the power to be effective
Familiarity information: INEFFECTIVENESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• INEFFECTIVENESS (noun)
Meaning:
Lacking the power to be effective
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ineffectiveness; ineffectuality; ineffectualness
Hypernyms ("ineffectiveness" is a kind of...):
impotence; impotency; powerlessness (the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ineffectiveness"):
inefficaciousness; inefficacy (a lack of efficacy)
Antonym:
effectiveness (power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect)
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