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ineffectualness|ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəlnɪs| [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or character of being ineffectual; failure to produce the intended effect.
1650Weekes Truth's Confl. ii. 42 These phrases..of Effectualness and Ineffectualness, are not plainly understood. 1663Boyle Usef. Exp. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xx. 302 The ineffectualnesse of our vulgar medicines. 1752Carte Hist. Eng. III. 442 Acquainting her with his son's design and the ineffectualness of his own remonstrances. 1880Cheyne Isaiah I. 143 It is the violence, not the ineffectualness, of the attack which needs emphasising. |