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noun
The state or condition of being ineffectual.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
lacking the power to be effective
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: powerlessness, impotence, impotency
Narrower terms: inefficacy, inefficaciousness
History
Etymology tree English ineffectual Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ineffectuality From ineffectual + -ity.
