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Ineffective vs Meaningless - What's the difference?

ineffective | meaningless |

As adjectives the difference between ineffective and meaningless

is that ineffective is not having the desired effect; ineffectual while meaningless is lacking meaning.

ineffective

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • not having the desired effect; ineffectual
  • lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate

    • meaningless

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking meaning.
  • Insignificant; not worthy of importance.
  • *{{quote-magazine, date=2013-07-20, volume=408, issue=8845, magazine=(The Economist)
    • , title= Old soldiers? , passage=Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine. The machine gun is so much more lethal than the bow and arrow that comparisons are meaningless .}}

    Derived terms

    * meaninglessness

    Synonyms

    * (not worthy of importance) negligible, trivial

    Antonyms

    * (lacking meaning) meaningful * (not worthy of importance) significant