INEFFECTUALITIES Synonyms: 21 Similar and Opposite Words

ineffectualities

noun

plural of ineffectuality

as in inefficacies

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Noun

Growing pains are expected with a new defensive coordinator, but with stats mirroring last season's defensive deficiencies, many eyes are on second-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer.

— Briana Aldridge, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
The balloon had equipment deficiencies and had not been modified for free flight.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of deficiencies

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They are confined to their bodies, rife with their many flaws and inadequacies.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Over time, as the human side of the evolving machine-flesh dyad matured, WHEEP-3 shifted its attention to the silicon partner, offering trenchant critiques of the inadequacies of machine learning.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

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