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countereffective

countereffective adjective: having the opposite effect.

Adjective

countereffective (comparative more countereffective, superlative most countereffective)

  1. Having the opposite effect.

Forms of countereffective

comparativemore countereffective
superlativemost countereffective

Origin of countereffective

From counter- + effective.

Questions about countereffective

What does countereffective mean?
Countereffective means having the opposite effect.
What part of speech is countereffective?
Countereffective is an adjective.

Words near countereffective in the dictionary

  1. countereducates
  2. countereducating
  3. countereducation
  4. countereducational
  5. countereffect
  6. countereffective
  7. countereffects
  8. countereffectual
  9. countereffort
  10. counterefforts
  11. counteregulatory

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