uneffective
Synonym of ineffective.
Adjective
- Synonym of ineffective.
- The usual formal protest which I am making will be uneffective unless the Legation is prepared to take other measures such as the releasing of seized cargoes by our Navy. - 1942, Foreign Relations of the United States,...
Synonyms: ineffective
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ef- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin faciō Latin efficiō Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Latin effectivusbor. French effectifder. English effective English uneffective From un- + effective.