Ineffectuality

noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being ineffectual. uncountable

    "Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”."

  2. 2
    lacking the power to be effective wordnet

Synonyms

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ineffectivenessabsurdityaimlessnessbootlessnesscounterproductivenesscounterproductivity

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"Until then, the Sunak administration remains a study in ineffectuality on multiple fronts, leading Goldsmith to cite, not unreasonably, “a kind of paralysis”."

Etymology

From ineffectual + -ity.

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