as in ineffectiveness
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Noun
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Mike Vrabel has blamed his squad’s ground ineffectiveness on his RB stable being too ball-security focused.—
Brad Evans,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025 -
The evidence of its ineffectiveness and risks has led 23 states to pass legislation banning or limiting the use of conversion therapy for minors.—
Allison Parshall,
Scientific American,
7 Oct. 2025
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Old incandescent bulbs, which were phased out by the Department of Energy in 2023 for their energy inefficiency, have become an unlikely black-market item.—
Rowan Jacobsen,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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From Banking Delays to Blockchain Speed Corporate treasurers have long managed the inefficiencies of traditional cross-border payments.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
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Brands that rely solely on AI risk not just irrelevance, but inefficacy.—
Sean DallasKidd,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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As research highlighted the inefficacy and unintended consequences of these laws, states rolled them back or modified them, mostly by partially repealing them or reducing the severity of mandatory sentences.—
John Leverso,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2025
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Conventional approaches, such as visual serving and force control, often struggle to achieve reliable performance due to their inability to simultaneously address positional and force-related uncertainties.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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The victim told police that Ising had constantly harassed him at work for two years, sitting next to him during meals and joking about his inability to eat many foods because of his medical condition.—
Judy L. Thomas,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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The bulk of Jack’s patents were for medical devices, among them a knife used for hair transplants and a prosthetic device for overcoming male impotence.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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That’s one full game of brilliance, and another full game of impotence.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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While audits and other actions by state officials are important to protect the interests of taxpayers, rarely do misdeeds or incompetence result in any consequences.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
25 Oct. 2025
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Choking and general gross incompetence is never advised.—
Chris Bumbaca,
USA Today,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Ineffectuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffectuality. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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