INEFFECTUALNESS Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

ineffectualness

noun

as in ineffectiveness

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Noun

The commission has been plagued by partisan infighting and ineffectiveness, as well as chronic vacancies and a lack of funding.

— Jen Fifield, ProPublica, 10 July 2026
Whether the Red Sox entertain trade offers for Chapman, who would surely garner a haul even with his recent ineffectiveness, will be one of the biggest questions heading into the deadline.

— Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 4 July 2026

Definition of ineffectiveness

Noun

Such devices are already used for some applications, but efforts to bring them to industrial scale have tended to fall short due to economics or mechanical inefficiency.

— Alex Knapp, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
My first priority is making sure Orange County is using existing taxpayer dollars effectively by improving performance, eliminating inefficiencies, and pursuing every available state and federal funding opportunity.

— Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 July 2026

Definition of inefficiency

Noun

The impunity of the powerful was measured by the inefficacy of the outraged.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
When on day five of his mayoralty Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the inefficacy of homeless sweeps and avowed to end them, street homeless adults, advocates, and attorneys rejoiced.

— Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of inefficacy

Noun

The Iran and Gaza wars have thrown that absence and European strategic impotence into sharp relief.

— Galip Dalay, Time, 7 July 2026
So imagine his feelings of impotence and rage when the boy is killed anyway, by an impossible arrow that finds its target through a tiny crack in a door and then, apparently, vanishes.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 21 May 2026

Definition of impotence

Noun

His complaints include Microsoft being the de facto root of trust for the entire UEFI platform, the inability of the protection to scale sufficiently, and the ability for components to boot even after top-level certificates expire.

— Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 14 July 2026
While there are some drawbacks compared to traditional investments — such as its inability to earn dividends — there are several ways to add gold to your portfolio.

— Liz Knueven, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of inability

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