ineffective

Questions about ineffective

What does ineffective mean?

ineffective means "not producing an intended effect". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in ineffective?

ineffective has 4 syllables: in-ef-fec-tive. The stress falls on "fec". In IPA it is /ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv/.

What is another word for ineffective?

Close synonyms include uneffective, ineffectual, ineffectual, unable, inefficient. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of ineffective?

The recorded antonyms are effective.

Is ineffective a common word?

ineffective is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with ineffective?

4 words rhyme with ineffective. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.