effectualness
/i'fektjuəlnis/
Definition
- Noun:
- The quality of being able to produce a desired or intended result; efficacy. It refers to the power or capacity to be effective and to successfully bring about a specific outcome or effect.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The effectualness of the new policy in reducing pollution will be studied over the next year.
- He doubted the effectualness of the proposed solution to the complex problem.
- The team's success was a direct result of the effectualness of their leader's strategy.
Advanced Usage
"To question the effectualness of something": To express doubt about whether something can achieve its goal.
- Many citizens question the effectualness of the new traffic laws.
"To demonstrate/prove the effectualness of something": To show or confirm that something is capable of producing results.
- The clinical trial proved the effectualness of the new drug.
Variants and Related Words
Effectual (adj): Adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result.
- The mayor took effectual steps to improve city services.
Effectiveness (n): The degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result. (Note: This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "effectualness," though "effectiveness" is more common in general usage.)
- We measured the effectiveness of the advertising campaign.
Efficacy (n): The ability to produce a desired or intended result. (A more formal synonym.)
- The vaccine's efficacy was over 90%.
Synonyms
- Efficacy: The capacity for producing a desired result or effect.
- Effectiveness: The power to be effective; the quality of producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect.
- Potency: The power or capacity to achieve something.
Antonyms
- Ineffectiveness: The quality of not producing any significant or desired effect.
- Inefficacy: Lack of power to produce the desired effect.
- Futility: The quality of being incapable of producing any useful result; pointlessness.
Noun
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power to be effective; the quality of being able to bring about an effect
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