ineffective
US: /ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv/
UK: /ɪnɪfˈɛktɪv/
UK: /ɪnɪfˈɛktɪv/
English Vietnamese dictionary
ineffective /,ini'fektiv/
- tính từ
- không có hiệu quả
- vô tích sự, không làm được trò trống gì (người)
- (nghệ thuật) không gây được ấn tượng, không tác động
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
~ (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.
Antonym: EFFECTIVE
ineffectiveness noun [U]: the ineffectiveness of western medicine in treating this illness
ineffectively adverb
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 unproductive, unfruitful, bootless, idle, vain, useless, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, non-functioning, inadequate, insufficient, worthless:
The anti-crime measures appear to have been ineffective.
2 inefficient, incompetent, incapable, unskilled, unskilful, inept, unfit, unproficient:
The new office manager is totally ineffective.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be, prove, seem
These policies have proved ineffective.
| become | make sth, render sth
The contract was rendered ineffective by this careless wording.
ADV.
highly, singularly, very | completely, entirely, totally, wholly | largely | pretty, rather, relatively, somewhat | apparently | politically
PREP.
against
These weapons are totally ineffective against tanks.
| in
chemicals that are very ineffective in killing weeds
