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  • 121ineffectual — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. futile, unproductive, barren, ineffective. See uselessness, failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. ineffective, impotent, unavailing, useless; see incompetent , ineffective , useless 1 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 122inefficient — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. ineffective, incompetent. See uselessness, impotence. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Wasteful] Syn. extravagant, improvident, slack, disorganized; see careless 1 , wasteful . 2. [Lacking competence] Syn …

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  • 123unable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. incapable, unfit. See impotence, unskillfulness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. incapable, powerless, weak, incompetent, unskilled, impotent, not able, inept, incapacitated, impuissant, inefficacious,… …

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  • 124unsuccessful — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unprosperous, unfortunate, unavailing, unproductive. See failure. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. defeated, disappointed, frustrated, nonsuited, abortive, aborted, disastrous, unprosperous, unproductive …

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  • 125uselessness — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of utility Nouns 1. uselessness, inutility; inefficacy, futility; impracticableness, im practicality; inefficiency, impotence; worthlessness, vanity, inanity, unimportance. See unskillfulness,… …

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  • 126useless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Unserviceable] Syn. worthless, unusable, inutile, ineffectual, expendable, incompetent, of no use, ineffective, inoperative, broken, dysfunctional, counterproductive, inefficient, unprofitable, no damn good*. Ant.… …

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  • 127Inutility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Inutility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 inutility inutility Sgm: N 1 uselessness uselessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 inefficacy inefficacy futility Sgm: N 1 ineptitude ineptitude inaptitude Sgm: N 1 …

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  • 128ineffective — a. Inefficacious. See ineffectual …

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