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ineffective, a. (n.)|ɪnɪˈfɛktɪv|
[f. in-3 + effective.]
1. Of such a nature as not to produce any, or the intended, effect; insufficient; hence, without effect, ineffectual; inoperative.
1651Biggs New Disp. ⁋264 Other grievous and ineffective remedies. 1706Phillips, Ineffective, or Ineffectual, that has no effect, vain, fruitless. a1808Hurd Serm. Wks. III. xxxv. (R.), How faint and partial and ineffective his best virtues. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. India III. 81 The Burmas, after one or two ineffective discharges, fled from the approach of the storming party. 1898A. W. W. Dale Life R. W. Dale v. 114 Any public appeal, he felt, would be injudicious and ineffective.
2. Of a person: Not able to effect or accomplish anything; inefficient; not fit for work or service.
1653Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year I. xiii. 165 Vertue hates weak and ineffective minds, and tame easie prosecutions. 1814Southey Roderick xxiii. Poet. Wks. IX. 218 Weak childhood there and ineffective age In the chambers of the rock were placed secure. 1897Westm. Gaz. 29 Apr. 3/1 The community..has a special duty to the old, the weak, and the ineffective.
3. Wanting in artistic effect.
1858Hawthorne Fr. & It. Jrnls. I. 182 The architecture..is very ineffective. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. vii. 26 The height..would render very fine work altogether ineffective.
B. n. An ineffective person; one unfit for work or service.
1856Grote Greece ii. xciii. XII. 213 Leaving under guard..the baggage, the prisoners and the ineffectives. 1878R. B. Smith Carthage 397 Having restored discipline by clearing his camp of the ineffectives. |