INEFFECTIVENESS

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 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)

Sense 1

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)

Derivation:

ineffective (lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate)

ineffective (not producing an intended effect)

ineffective (lacking in power or forcefulness)

 Context examples 

Iron sucrose can be administered with or without erythropoietin to raise hemoglobin levels and may be used in cases of oral iron therapy intolerance or ineffectiveness.

(Iron Sucrose Injection, NCI Thesaurus)