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INEFFECTUALNESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ineffectualness mean?
• INEFFECTUALNESS (noun)
The noun INEFFECTUALNESS has 1 sense:
1. lacking the power to be effective
Familiarity information: INEFFECTUALNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking the power to be effective
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
ineffectiveness; ineffectuality; ineffectualness
Hypernyms ("ineffectualness" 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 "ineffectualness"):
inefficaciousness; inefficacy (a lack of efficacy)
Derivation:
ineffectual (not producing an intended effect)
ineffectual (lacking in power or forcefulness)
ineffectual (producing no result or effect)
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