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As many as 70 per cent of amputees report phantom pain in limbs that are no longer there and conventional painkillers are often ineffective.This week he shows that exercise on its own is equally ineffective.The police are largely ineffective as they have other priorities.The charter was ineffective in many ways.But why do they become ineffective and obsolete?And why have the solutions presented thus far been so expensive and ineffective? Equally ineffective will be forcing retail banks to flog branches.Taxation is a blunt and largely ineffective tool of changing the habits of consumers.Short spells of imprisonment followed by reoffending is an expensive and ineffective way of dealing with these.It is largely ineffective against a regime that is unmoved by the sufferings of its people.There is a growing sense that sensible and necessary regulation has been replaced by an expensive and ineffective regulatory sledgehammer.The public perception is that social workers are underpaid, overworked and largely ineffective.Locked into declining industries and a shrinking public sector, unions have become ineffective.Most chemical head lice treatments are expensive and ineffective as they don't kill the eggs.A strangely ineffective display as the frenetic pace of the game seemed to restrict his creativity.Yes - and often ineffective.Early Bomber Command raids were often ineffective.Making complaints is one means of getting issues addressed but this is time-consuming, defensive and often ineffective.Another ineffective display came to a premature end with 12 minutes remaining and Spurs hanging on for grim life.

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ineffective

British English: ineffective ADJECTIVE
If you say that something is ineffective, you mean that it has no effect on a process or situation.
Economic reform will continue to be painful and ineffective.
  • American English: ineffective
  • Brazilian Portuguese: ineficaz
  • Chinese: 不起作用的
  • European Spanish: ineficaz
  • French: inefficace
  • German: wirkungslos
  • Italian: inefficace
  • Japanese: 効果のない
  • Korean: 효과가 없는
  • European Portuguese: ineficaz
  • Latin American Spanish: ineficaz

Chinese translation of 'ineffective'

ineffective

(ɪnɪˈfɛktɪv)

adj

  1. [policy, system] 无(無)效的 (wúxiào de)
(adjective) 
Definition
having no effect or an inadequate effect
Reform will continue to be painful and ineffective.
Synonyms
unproductive
They are aware much of their time and effort is unproductive.
useless
He realised that their money was useless in this country.
futile
a futile attempt to ward off the blow
vain
They worked all night in a vain attempt to finish on schedule.
unsuccessful
a second unsuccessful operation on his knee
pointless
Violence is always pointless.
fruitless
It was a fruitless search.
to no avail
ineffectual
the well-meaning but ineffectual jobs programs of the past
unprofitable
an endless, unprofitable argument
to no effect
unavailing
a brave but unavailing fight against a terminal illness
unfruitful
an unfruitful area of conjecture
profitless
a singularly profitless line of thought
bootless
inefficacious
Opposites
effective
,
useful
,
efficient
,
productive
,
worthwhile
,
potent
,
fruitful
,
efficacious
(adjective) 
Definition
having no effect or an inadequate effect
They are burdened with an ineffective leader.
Synonyms
inefficient
Some people are very inefficient workers.
inadequate
She felt quite painfully inadequate in the crisis.
useless (informal)
He was useless at any game with a ball.
poor
The meal was very poor.
He was a poor actor.
weak
a clash between a weak minister and a domineering civil servant
pathetic
That's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard.
powerless
unfit
They were utterly unfit to govern America.
feeble
He said the Government had been feeble.
worthless
Training is worthless unless there is proof that it works.
inept
impotent
Bullies can leave people feeling hurt, angry and impotent.
ineffectual
The ill-advised and ineffectual policies

Additional synonyms

in the sense of bootless
Definition
of little or no use
Synonyms
useless,
vain,
unsuccessful,
ineffective,
futile,
fruitless,
to no avail,
unavailing,
profitless
in the sense of feeble
Definition
not effective or convincing
He said the Government had been feeble.
Synonyms
inadequate,
weak,
pathetic,
insufficient,
incompetent,
ineffective,
inefficient,
lame,
insignificant,
ineffectual,
indecisive
in the sense of fruitless
Definition
producing nothing of value
It was a fruitless search.
Synonyms
useless,
vain,
unsuccessful,
in vain,
pointless,
futile,
unproductive,
abortive,
to no avail,
ineffectual,
unprofitable,
to no effect,
unavailing,
unfruitful,
profitless,
bootless

Synonyms of 'ineffective'

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