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 

• INEFFECTUALNESS (noun)

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)