Antonym: effective. Similar words: effective, effectively, cost effective, effectiveness, in effect, ineffectual, defective, effect. Meaning: [‚ɪnɪ'fektɪv] adj. 1. not producing an intended effect 2. lacking in power or forcefulness 3. lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate.
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61. Galton had become convinced that Lamarckism was ineffective because the character of each individual is rigidly determined by inheritance.
62. At this stage the C- field is also ineffective in stopping gravitational contraction.
63. The idea of putting warning labels on drinks packaging is a simplistic and ineffective attempt to resolve a complex issue.
64. Any visit to the doctor always resulted in a prescribed medication that was ineffective.
65. On the crucial issue of land ownership, the many agrarian laws passed in various States have been ineffective in practice.
66. The international network of politically experienced women is ineffective, exhausted, and has all but disappeared.
67. Normal armour is ineffective against the magic of Fearfrost, so only foes wearing magic armour get a saving throw.
68. A combination of ineffective management and inadequate investment brought about this collapse.
69. She was offered psychotherapy, but this proved ineffective and it was concluded that Jenny lacked insight into her problems.
70. Overtime Overtime is a business disease and a social evil Throwing money at a problem is the most ineffective form of management.
71. It gave some backing to Wilson's much-publicized but largely ineffective policy of economic sanctions against Rhodesia.
72. Maxmian ordered the execution of every tenth man, which proved to be an ineffective deterrent.
73. Y., so eager to espouse other causes, has thus far been uncharacteristically low key and ineffective.
74. The natives welcomed his message to Christians but wondered aloud why it was so ineffective.
75. The move up to verse can be ineffective, deservedly so.sentencedict.com/ineffective.html
76. Claiming their masks were ineffective against the gas employed by the marshals, the state troopers withdrew from the campus.
77. The former is so necessary that in any period of confusion individual talents are largely ineffective.
78. Britain has been notoriously ineffective in dealing with offences like financial fraud, market manipulation and insider dealing.
79. Penalties for induced abortions are fierce in theory but ineffective in practice.
80. Although thick mist persisted so air reconnaissance was ineffective, Plumer's initial thrust was made at 05.40 on 20 September.
81. The ultimate effect is greatly weakened if an older drug is ineffective against the mutated virus.
82. In fact, the profiles that are held up as models for the United States to follow are ineffective and discriminatory.
83. These also were largely ineffective because the numbers of the unemployed, again largely casuals, far outnumbered the jobs notified.
84. Job control can be ineffective if the command structure is not properly laid down.
85. Price rises were ineffective unless they were so swingeing as to be ruinous.
86. If pot concentrates the AIDS drugs, they could be toxic; if reduced, they could be ineffective.
87. The old wives' tales that have answered the pleas of fathers for centuries are mostly ineffective.
88. The design process has been unnecessarily slow on many projects because the exchange of information between designers has been ineffective.
89. The authors also say that peer review is ineffective as a mechanism for restructuring scientific activity.
90. The single greatest limitation to effective performance is that many of the rewards organizations offer are ineffective.
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