ineffectiveness
nounEtymology From ineffective + -ness.
1
Usually The condition of being ineffective
- These diplomatic setbacks partly explain England’s military ineffectiveness in the 1370s, but equally important were lack of leadership, lack of money, and dissension over strategy.1974, Anthony Tuck, “The Political Community in 1377”, in Richard II and the English Nobility, New York: St. Martin's Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 7:
- Synonyms
- ineffectivity