not achieving what you want to achieve; not having any effect The new drug was ineffective. ineffective management ineffective in doing something The law proved ineffective in dealing with the problem. opposite effective
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adverb
noun [uncountable] the ineffectiveness of western medicine in treating this illnessSee ineffective in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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