ineffectualnessn.
/ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəlnɪs/ The quality or character of being ineffectual; failure to produce the intended effect.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > inefficacy
weakness1526
uneffectualness1598
inefficacy1623
inefficaciousness1646
ineffectualness1650
ineffectuality1670
inefficacity1721
inefficiency1749
inefficience1797
effeteness1862
1650 Truth's Confl. with Error ii. 42 These phrases..of Effectualness and Ineffectualness, are not plainly understood.
1663 R. Boyle Some Considerations Usefulnesse Exper. Nat. Philos. ii. v. xx. 302 The ineffectualnesse of our vulgar medicines.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 442 Acquainting her with his son's design and the ineffectualness of his own remonstrances.
1880 T. K. Cheyne Prophecies of Isaiah I. 143 It is the violence, not the ineffectualness, of the attack which needs emphasising.
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