ineffectively








adjective

  1. not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.
  2. inefficient or incompetent; incapable: an ineffective manager.
  3. lacking in artistic effect, as a literary work, theatrical production, or painting.

adjective

  1. having no effect
  2. incompetent or inefficient
adj.

1650s, from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + effective. Related: Ineffectively; ineffectiveness.

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