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1
not producing the desired result
- an ineffective effort to reduce unemployment that only spurred inflation
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2
producing no results
- an ineffective medication that will be denied FDA approval
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“Ineffective.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffective. Accessed 18 Sep. 2021.
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The first known use of ineffective was in 1649
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