as in ineffectiveness
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Noun
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This level of automation reduces inefficiencies and ensures that no detail is overlooked.—
Nevila Dudaj,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025 -
California could build its own version: a government-wide dashboard exposing spending, outcomes and inefficiencies for all to see.—
Zac Townsend,
The Mercury News,
14 Mar. 2025
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As research highlighted the inefficacy and unintended consequences of these laws, states rolled them back or modified them, mostly by partially repealing them or reducing the severity of mandatory sentences.—
John Leverso,
The Conversation,
26 Feb. 2025
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And with Trump poised to take office again, the industry is perhaps rattled by the inefficacy of its previous calls to action—or at least lacks a vision of how to meet the political moment through either art or activism.—
Hannah Giorgis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The response is similar concerning United’s impotence in front of goal.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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The local government’s impotence reflects a broader dynamic in Iraq: Baghdad’s reliance on Shiite militias has allowed those groups to gain undue power.—
Vera Mironova,
Foreign Affairs,
3 Nov. 2016
Noun
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This creates unnecessary risks for businesses, as an inability to verify VAT-IDs promptly may lead to incorrect tax reporting and potential penalties.—
Aleksandra Bal,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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That meant a cocktail of damaging offensive droughts, an inability to control ball-handlers off the dribble, an inability to stop sustained runs, too many offensive rebounds and put-backs by the opponent, mindless turnovers and second half collapses.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2025
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Nothing will alter The Electric State’s disorienting, tone-deaf incompetence.—
Graham Hillard,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
21 Mar. 2025
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When a government, or for that matter a corner grocery store, fires one employee for incompetence, that is good management.—
Phil Terrana,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Ineffectualness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ineffectualness. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.
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