ineffectuality n : lacking the power to be effective [syn: ineffectiveness, ineffectualness] [ant: effectiveness]

absurdity, aimlessness, bootlessness, counterproductiveness, counterproductivity, emptiness, failure, fatuity, fecklessness, forcelessness, fruitlessness, futility, hollowness, immateriality, impotence, inability, inadeptness, inadequacy, inanity, inaptitude, inaptness, inattentiveness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, incompetency, inconsequence, inconsequentiality, inconsiderableness, indexterity, indifference, ineffectiveness, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy, inefficiency, ineptness, inferiority, insignificance, invalidity, irrelevance, lack of force, lack of influence, lack of magnetism, lack of personality, lack of power, littleness, low priority, maladjustment, maladroitness, marginality, meaninglessness, mediocrity, negligibility, no say, nugacity, otiosity, pedestrianism, pettiness, picayune, picayunishness, pointlessness, pokiness, powerlessness, profitlessness, puniness, purposelessness, rat race, rustiness, secondariness, skill-lessness, slightness, smallness, the absurd, thoughtlessness, triviality, unaptness, unauthoritativeness, uncleverness, undeftness, undexterousness, undextrousness, unfitness, unfittedness, unimportance, unimpressiveness, uninfluentiality, unintelligence, unnoteworthiness, unpersuasiveness, unproductiveness, unproficiency, unprofitability, unprofitableness, unschooledness, unskillfulness, untrainedness, uselessness, valuelessness, vanity, vicious circle, weakness, worthlessness