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effective - producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect; "an air-cooled motor was more effective than a witch's broomstick for rapid long-distance transportation"-LewisMumford; "effective teaching methods"; "effective steps toward peace"; "made an effective entrance"; "his complaint proved to be effectual in bringing action"; "an efficacious law" |
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effectual,
efficacious |
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ineffective,
ineffectual,
uneffective lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"
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efficacious marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
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efficient being effective without wasting time or effort or expense; "an efficient production manager"; "efficient engines save gas"
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potent,
stiff,
strong having a strong physiological or chemical effect; "a potent toxin"; "potent liquor"; "a potent cup of tea", "a stiff drink"
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powerful having great power or force or potency or effect; "the most powerful government in western Europe"; "his powerful arms"; "a powerful bomb"; "the horse's powerful kick"; "powerful drugs"; "a powerful argument"
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useful,
utile being of use or service; "the girl felt motherly and useful"; "a useful job"; "a useful member of society"
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effectiveness,
effectivity,
effectuality,
effectualness power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
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hard-hitting,
trenchant aggressively and persistently persuasive; "a hard-hitting advertising campaign"; "a high-pressure salesman"
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impelling markedly effective as if by emotional pressure; "impelling skill as a teller of tales"; "an impelling personality"
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impressive,
telling producing a strong effect; "gave an impressive performance as Othello"; "a telling gesture"
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rough-and-ready crude but effective for the purpose at hand
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effective - able to accomplish a purpose; functioning effectively; "people who will do nothing unless they get something out of it for themselves are often highly effective persons..."-G.B.Shaw; "effective personnel"; "an efficient secretary"; "the efficient cause of the revolution" |
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competent adequate for the purpose; "a competent performance"
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effective - works well as a means or remedy; "an effective reprimand"; "a lotion that is effective in cases of prickly heat" |
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efficacious marked by qualities giving the power to produce an intended effect; "written propaganda is less efficacious than the habits and prejudices...of the readers"-Aldous Huxley; "the medicine is efficacious in stopping a cough"
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effective - ready for service; "the fort was held by about 100 effective soldiers" |
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operational being in effect or operation; "de facto apartheid is still operational even in the `new' African nations"- Leslie Marmon Silko; "bus service is in operation during the emergency"; "the company had several operating divisions"
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armed forces,
armed services,
military,
military machine,
war machine the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"
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effective - existing in fact; not theoretical; real; "a decline in the effective demand"; "confused increased equipment and expenditure with the quantity of effective work done" |
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actual,
existent presently existing in fact and not merely potential or possible; "the predicted temperature and the actual temperature were markedly different"; "actual and imagined conditions"
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effective - exerting force or influence; "the law is effective immediately"; "a warranty good for two years"; "the law is already in effect (or in force)" |
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operative being in force or having or exerting force; "operative regulations"; "the major tendencies operative in the American political system"
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