单词 | non-effective |
释义 | non-effectiven.adj.1 A. n. A member of the armed forces who is not available for active service (opposed to effective n. 2a). Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > disabled or unfit oblat1656 invalid1707 fogey1785 old fogey1785 non-effective1800 1741 Gentleman's Mag. May 237/2 Our greatest Number of National Troops, in the last War, was but 67000 Men, including the Non-Effectives. 1800 H. Dundas in Marquess Wellesley Select. Despatches (1877) 559 Whatever the establishment is, one fourth must be deducted for non-effectives. 1809 R. Cumberland John de Lancaster III. 156 Those..idlers, those non-effectives in creation's roll. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 252 The Irishman threw out with his left hand on Cabbage's breast; but it was a non-effective. 1859 War Office Circular in Volunteer Almanac (1861) 68 Enrolled members, consisting of Effectives, Non-Effectives, and Supernumeraries. 1918 Publ. Amer. Statist. Assoc. 16 54 Ratios are made for admissions to sick report and noneffectives. 1987 Polit. Sci. Q. 102 450 Only 647 [infantry militia] are available for augmenting the regular force; the remainder consist of recruits, those attending school, female or under-age personnel, non-effectives, and those working in essential occupations. B. adj.1 a. Of or relating to members of the armed forces who are not available for active service. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [adjective] > disabled or unfit > relating to non-effective1756 1756 G. Washington Let. to Captain Hog in Writings (1889) I. 293 I hope you will account for all the non-effective money you have received. 1833 H. Martineau Three Ages iii. 113 The expenses of the non-effective service being considerably greater than the maintenance of the actual army. 1901 Daily Chron. 20 Sept. 5/2 The men on the non-effective list. 1987 18th-cent. Stud. 20 388 The principal victim of the Hanoverian campaign against the poprietary officer was the junior officer... His right to draw a dividend from the non-effective funds..was replaced by a set allowance. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [adjective] > disabled or unfit non-effective1802 1802 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Naic Every battalion of native infantry has two drill havildars or serjeants, and two drill-naicks, called Non-Effective, attached to it. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VIII. 129 That measures should be taken to replace those become non-effective on account of ill health. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 22 Our little corps of officers numbered four for each ship, including that non-effective limb, the doctor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). non-effectiveadj.2 That produces no effect; ineffective. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective deadc1380 virtuelessa1393 uneffectuous1549 inefficace1570 limping1577 unprevailing1604 inficient1609 weak1609 unofficious1611 penny farthing1615 invalidable1634 invalid1635 unprevalent1640 ineffectible1650 ineffective1651 inefficacious1658 insignificant1661 uneffective1670 popgun1690 foible1715 unefficacious1744 inefficient1750 ineffectual1785 effete1790 foisonlessc1817 puttering1857 non-effective1862 non-efficient1863 shaftless1881 powder puff1911 fouled-up1942 1781 J. Watt Let. 1 Nov. in J. P. Muirhead Origin & Progress Mech. Inventions J. Watt (1854) II. 134 We had better pay something extra than have the patent non-effective. 1828 A. M. Porter Coming Out in J. Porter & A. M. Porter Coming Out & Field of Forty Footsteps I. 60 Mr. Barry's devotional look was non-effective. 1862 H. Spencer First Princ. ii. xii. §107. 354 Any incident force is primarily resolvable into its effective and non-effective portions. 1907 in Isis (2001) 92 78 One should have a term for the non-effective [genetic] characters which have no complement. 1924 Jrnl. Ecol. 12 338 A fall of .15 inch or under [of rain] is regarded..as non-effective, for such slight falls..have little value to perennial plants. 1997 Amer. Naturalist 149 118 An Allee effect is highly effective in sedentary organisms..but will be very weak or noneffective in mobile animals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.11741adj.21781 |
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