~ (in doing sth) not achieving what you want to achieve; not having any effect:
The new drug was ineffective. * ineffective management * The law proved ineffective in dealing with the problem.
OPPEFFECTIVE
ineffectiveness noun [U]:
the ineffectiveness of western medicine in treating this illness
ineffectively adverb
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