ineffectiveness

English

Etymology

From ineffective +‎ -ness.

Noun

ineffectiveness (usually uncountable, plural ineffectivenesses)

1. The condition of being ineffective
   • 1974, Anthony Tuck, “The Political Community in 1377”, in Richard II and the English Nobility‎, New York: St. Martin's Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:

     These diplomatic setbacks partly explain England’s military ineffectiveness in the 1370s, but equally important were lack of leadership, lack of money, and dissension over strategy.

Synonyms

• ineffectivity

Translations

condition of being ineffective

Finnish: tehottomuus (fi) German: Wirkungslosigkeit f, Unwirksamkeit f Manx: neuvreeoilid m, neuobbraght f, neufondaght f, neufondid m Polish: bezpłodność (pl) f Spanish: ineficacia (es) f, inefectividad f, inoperancia f, infructuosidad (es) f