Ineffective and Working

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Ineffective

Ineffective adjective - Not producing the desired result.
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Working is an antonym for ineffective.
Nearby Words: ineffectual, ineffectiveness, ineffectively

Working

Working adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the only working coal mine in the area
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Ineffective is an antonym for working.
Nearby Words: work, works, worked, workable, worker
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  • Literature / World War Z High explosives which should liquefy corpses are ineffective because "they don't cause headshots," but there's more to using a body than just having a working brain.
    Source: Literature / World War Z
  • Humorously, in Serpent Isle you pick up Selena, who is very transparently working for the bad guys and tries to lead you into a very ineffective and badly planned deathtrap.
    Source: So Long, and Thanks for All the Gear aka: Wutai Theft
  • Heel Realization Four million years later, he had a second one when he realized how utterly ineffective his campaign of violence had been, causing him to quit the Decepticons and become The Atoner, working with Rodimus and Ultra Magnus to try to undo some of the damage he'd inflicted.
    Source: Heel Realization
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