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单词 non-effective
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non-effectiven.adj.1

Brit. /ˌnɒnᵻˈfɛktɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈfɛktɪv/, /ˌnɑniˈfɛktɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, effective n.
Etymology: < non- prefix + effective n. (compare sense 2a at that entry).
A. n.
A member of the armed forces who is not available for active service (opposed to effective n. 2a). Also in extended use.
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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.
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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.
b. Of a member of the armed forces: not available for active service. Obsolete.
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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

Brit. /ˌnɒnᵻˈfɛktɪv/, U.S. /ˌnɑnəˈfɛktɪv/, /ˌnɑniˈfɛktɪv/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, effective adj.
Etymology: < non- prefix + effective adj.
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).
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