effectless

Having no effect or advantage.

Adjective

  1. Having no effect or advantage.
    • In In a Year of Thirteen Moons the transsexual Elvira makes every attempt to negate her/his will and render her/his-self effectless. - 1981 February 7, Michael Bronski, “Fassbinder On Terrorism”, in Gay Community News,...

Origin

Etymology tree English effect Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English effectless From effect + -less.

Forms

more effectless most effectless

Derived

effectlessly effectlessness