Synonyms for ineffective
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-i-fek-tiv |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪn ɪˈfɛk tɪv |
Top 10 synonyms for ineffective Other synonyms for the word ineffective
- abortive
- anticlimactic
- barren
- bootless
- defeasible
- emasculate
- feckless
- forceless
- idle
- inefficacious
- inferior
- innocuous
- inoperative
- lame
- limited
- neutralized
- no go
- no way
- not effective
- nugatory
- null
- paltry
- powerless
- slack-spined
- spineless
- unable
- unavailable
- unavailing
- unfruitful
- unproductive
- unprofitable
- unsuccessful
- vain
- void
- withered
- worthless
Définition of ineffective
Origin :- 1650s, from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + effective. Related: Ineffectively; ineffectiveness.
- adj useless
- The enemy, surprised, opened an irregular and ineffective fire.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
- The presence of your ship in the field distorted it so much that it was ineffective.
- Extract from : « In the Orbit of Saturn » by Roman Frederick Starzl
- He ceased the ineffective fire of his men and brought them together.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- The air was very still, there was no breeze, but the match was ineffective.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- Against his ineffective reluctance she put on his coat and hat.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- They could not escape by rocket-power and their Lawlor drives, also, were ineffective.
- Extract from : « Sand Doom » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins
- And to-day "the smudge" has grown more than ever ineffective.
- Extract from : « Women's Wild Oats » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- The Terrestrial then turned on his rays, but found that they were ineffective.
- Extract from : « Triplanetary » by Edward Elmer Smith
- An ideal suspended in a vacuum is ineffective: it must point a dynamic current.
- Extract from : « A Preface to Politics » by Walter Lippmann
- But the verses written by command for Fouquet are laboured and ineffective.
- Extract from : « A History of French Literature » by Edward Dowden
Antonyms for ineffective
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