ineffectivein‧ef‧fec‧tive /ˌɪnəˈfektɪv◂/ ●○○ adjective - A combination of ineffective management and inadequate investment brought about this collapse.
- Efforts to get homeless people off the streets have been largely ineffective.
- I sometimes feel that she is just totally ineffective in this job.
not efficient► inefficient something or someone that is inefficient does not work as well as they should or could, in a way that wastes time, money, or effort: · The postal service in this country is very inefficient.· Inefficient management leads to poor employee performance.
► ineffectual a person or organization that is ineffectual is not able to get things done because they are not good enough or do not have a strong character: · The police were completely ineffectual in this matter.· He's a nice enough man, but rather ineffectual as a team captain.· The problems were made worse by the ineffectual political leadership of the coalition.
► ineffective someone who is ineffective , especially someone in a position of authority, is not able to deal successfully with the work they have to do: · I sometimes feel that she is just totally ineffective in this job.· A combination of ineffective management and inadequate investment brought about this collapse.
► badly-run an organization that is badly-run produces bad results because it is badly managed: · The club was badly run and had to close after only six months.· a badly-run company
ADVERB► largely· It gave some backing to Wilson's much-publicized but largely ineffective policy of economic sanctions against Rhodesia.· These also were largely ineffective because the numbers of the unemployed, again largely casuals, far outnumbered the jobs notified.· Even if it stops short of this extreme, retroactive cost justification is largely ineffective.· The former is so necessary that in any period of confusion individual talents are largely ineffective.
nouneffecteffectiveness ≠ ineffectivenessadjectiveeffective ≠ ineffectiveeffectual ≠ ineffectualverbeffectadverbeffectively ≠ ineffectively