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Ineffableness In·ef"fa·ble·ness noun The quality or state of being ineffable or unutterable; unspeakableness.

Ineffably In·ef"fa·bly adverb In a manner not to be expressed in words; unspeakably. Milton.

Ineffaceable In`ef·face"a·ble adjective [ Prefix in- not + effaceable : confer French ineffaçable .] Incapable of being effaced; indelible; ineradicable.

Ineffaceably In`ef·face"a·bly adverb So as not to be effaceable.

Ineffectible In`ef·fect"i·ble adjective Ineffectual; impracticable. [ R.] Bp. Hall.

Ineffective In`ef·fect"ive adjective [ Prefix in- not + effective : confer French ineffectif .] Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

The word of God, without the spirit, [ is] a dead and ineffective letter.

Jer. Taylor.

Ineffectively In`ef·fect"ive·ly adverb In an ineffective manner; without effect; inefficiently; ineffectually.

Ineffectiveness In`ef·fect"ive·ness noun Quality of being ineffective.

Ineffectual In`ef·fec"tu·al adjective Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. Pope.

The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found ineffectual .

Boyle.

Syn. -- Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See Useless , Inefficacious .

Ineffectuality In`ef·fec`tu·al"i·ty noun Ineffectualness. [ R.]

Ineffectually In`ef·fec"tu·al·ly adverb Without effect; in vain.

Hereford . . . had been besieged for about two months ineffectually by the Scots.

Ludlow.

Ineffectualness In`ef·fec"tu·al·ness noun Want of effect, or of power to produce it; inefficacy.

The ineffectualness of some men's devotion.

Wake.

Ineffervescence In·ef`fer·ves"cence noun Want of effervescence. Kirwan.

Ineffervescent In·ef`fer·ves"cent adjective Not effervescing, or not susceptible of effervescence; quiescent.

Ineffervescibility In·ef`fer·ves`ci·bil"i·ty noun The quality of being ineffervescible.

Ineffervescible In·ef`fer·ves"ci·ble adjective Not capable or susceptible of effervescence.

Inefficacious In·ef`fi·ca"cious adjective [ Prefix in- not + efficacious : confer French inefficace , Latin inefficax .] Not efficacious; not having power to produce the effect desired; inadequate; incompetent; inefficient; impotent. Boyle.

The authority of Parliament must become inefficacious . . . to restrain the growth of disorders.

Burke.

» Ineffectual , says Johnson, rather denotes an actual failure, and inefficacious an habitual impotence to any effect. But the distinction is not always observed, nor can it be; for we can not always know whether means are inefficacious till experiment has proved them ineffectual . Inefficacious is therefore sometimes synonymous with ineffectual .

Inefficaciously In·ef`fi·ca"cious·ly adverb Without efficacy or effect.

Inefficaciousness In·ef`fi·ca"cious·ness noun Want of effect, or of power to produce the effect; inefficacy.

Inefficacy In·ef"fi·ca·cy noun [ Latin inefficacia . See In- not, and Efficacy .] Want of power to produce the desired or proper effect; inefficiency; ineffectualness; futility; uselessness; fruitlessness; as, the inefficacy of medicines or means.

The seeming inefficacy of censures.

Bp. Hall.

The inefficacy was soon proved, like that of many similar medicines.

James Gregory.

Inefficiency In`ef·fi"cien·cy noun The quality of being inefficient; want of power or energy sufficient for the desired effect; inefficacy; incapacity; as, he was discharged from his position for inefficiency .

Inefficient In`ef·fi"cient adjective 1. Not efficient; not producing the effect intended or desired; inefficacious; as, inefficient means or measures.

2. Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workmen; an inefficient administrator.

Inefficiently In`ef·fi"cient·ly adverb In an inefficient manner.

Inelaborate In`e·lab"o·rate adjective [ Latin inelaboratus . See In- not, and Elaborate .] Not elaborate; not wrought with care; unpolished; crude; unfinished.

Inelastic In`e·las"tic adjective Not elastic.

Inelasticity In`e·las·tic"i·ty noun Want of elasticity.

Inelegance, Inelegancy In·el"e·gance, In·el"e·gan·cy noun ; plural Inelegances , Inelegancies . [ Latin inelegantia : confer French inélégance .]

1. The quality of being inelegant; want of elegance or grace; want of refinement, beauty, or polish in language, composition, or manners.

The notorious inelegance of her figure.

T. Hook.

2. Anything inelegant; as, inelegance of style in literary composition.

Inelegant In·el"e·gant adjective [ Latin inelegans : confer French inélégant . See In- not, and Elegant .] Not elegant; deficient in beauty, polish, refinement, grave, or ornament; wanting in anything which correct taste requires.

What order so contrived as not to mix
Tastes, not well joined, inelegant .

Milton.

It renders style often obscure, always embarrassed and inelegant .

Blair.

Inelegantly In·el"e·gant·ly adverb In an inelegant manner.

Ineligibility In·el`i·gi·bil"i·ty noun [ Confer French inéligibilité .] The state or quality of being ineligible.

Ineligible In·el"i·gi·ble adjective [ Prefix in- not + eligible : confer French inéligible .] Not eligible; not qualified to be chosen for an office; not worthy to be chosen or preferred; not expedient or desirable. Burke.

Inelligibly In·el"li·gi·bly adverb In an ineligible manner.

Ineloquent In·e"lo·quent adjective [ Latin ineloquens : confer French inéloquent . See In- not, and Eloquent .] Not eloquent; not fluent, graceful, or pathetic; not persuasive; as, ineloquent language.

Nor are thy lips ungraceful, sire of men,
Nor tongue ineloquent .

Milton.

Ineloquently In·e"lo·quent·ly adverb Without eloquence.

Ineluctable In`e·luc"ta·ble adjective [ Latin ineluctabilis ; prefix in- not + eluctabilis to be surmounted, from eluctari to struggle out of, to surmount: confer French inéluctable . See Eluctate .] Not to be overcome by struggling; irresistible; inevitable. Bp. Pearson.

The ineluctable conditions of matter.

Hamerton.

Ineludible In`e·lud"i·ble adjective Incapable of being eluded or evaded; unvoidable.

Most pressing reasons and ineludible demonstrations.

Glanvill.

Inembryonate In·em"bry·o·nate adjective (Biol.) Not embryonate.

Inenarrable In`e·nar"ra·ble adjective [ Latin inenarrabilis ; prefix in- not + enarrabilis that may be related; from enarrare to relate: confer French inénarrable . See Enarration .] Incapable of being narrated; indescribable; ineffable. [ Obsolete] " Inenarrable goodness." Bp. Fisher.

Inept In·ept" adjective [ Latin ineptus ; prefix. in- not + aptus apt, fit: confer French inepte . Confer Inapt .]

1. Not apt or fit; unfit; unsuitable; improper; unbecoming.

The Aristotelian philosophy is inept for new discoveries.

Glanvill.

2. Silly; useless; nonsensical; absurd; foolish.

To view attention as a special act of intelligence, and to distinguish it from consciousness, is utterly inept .

Sir W. Hamilton.

Ineptitude In·ept"i·tude noun [ Latin ineptitudo .]

1. The quality of being inept; unfitness; inaptitude; unsuitableness.

That ineptitude for society, which is frequently the fault of us scholars.

Tatler.

2. Absurdity; nonsense; foolishness.

Ineptly In·ept"ly adverb Unfitly; unsuitably; awkwardly.

None of them are made foolishly or ineptly .

Dr. H. More.

Ineptness In·ept"ness noun Unfitness; ineptitude.

The feebleness and miserable ineptness of infancy.

Dr. H. More.

Inequable In·e"qua·ble adjective Unequable. [ R.] Bailey.

Inequal In·e"qual adjective [ Latin inaequalis . See In- not, and Equal .] Unequal; uneven; various. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.

Inequality In`e·qual"i·ty noun ; plural Inequalities . [ Latin inaequalitas .]

1. The quality of being unequal; difference, or want of equality, in any respect; lack of uniformity; disproportion; unevenness; disparity; diversity; as, an inequality in size, stature, numbers, power, distances, motions, rank, property, etc.

There is so great an inequality in the length of our legs and arms as makes it impossible for us to walk on all four.

Ray.

Notwithstanding which inequality of number, it was resolved in a council of war to fight the Dutch fleet.

Ludlow.

Sympathy is rarely strong where there is a great inequality of condition.

Macaulay.

2. Unevenness; want of levelness; the alternate rising and falling of a surface; as, the inequalities of the surface of the earth, or of a marble slab, etc.

The country is cut into so many hills and inequalities as renders it defensible.

Addison.

3. Variableness; changeableness; inconstancy; lack of smoothness or equability; deviation; unsteadiness, as of the weather, feelings, etc.

Inequality of air is ever an enemy to health.

Bacon.

4. Disproportion to any office or purpose; inadequacy; competency; as, the inequality of terrestrial things to the wants of a rational soul. South.

5. (Alg.) An expression consisting of two unequal quantities, with the sign of inequality (> or <) between them; as, the inequality 2 < 3, or 4 > 1.

6. (Astron.) An irregularity, or a deviation, in the motion of a planet or satellite from its uniform mean motion; the amount of such deviation.

Inequation In`e·qua"tion noun (Math.) An inequality.

Inequidistant In·e`qui·dis"tant adjective Not equally distant; not equidistant.

Inequilateral In·e`qui·lat"er·al adjective 1. Having unequal sides; unsymmetrical; unequal- sided.

2. (Zoology) Having the two ends unequal, as in the clam, quahaug, and most lamellibranch shells.

Inequilobate In·e`qui·lo"bate adjective [ Prefix in- not + equi- + lobate .] (Biol.) Unequally lobed; cut into lobes of different shapes or sizes.

Inequitable In·eq"ui·ta·ble adjective Not equitable; not just. Burke.

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