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ineffectuate

ineffectuate verb: to make ineffectual; to disable.

Verb

ineffectuate (third-person singular simple present ineffectuates, present participle ineffectuating, simple past and past participle ineffectuated)

  1. To make ineffectual; to disable.
    • The case of the Malinau study provides an excellent example of how the social and political elements conspire to ineffectuate expert-led decisionmaking in the environmental planning process.2005, Morgan de Dapper, Tropical forests in a changing global context, page 85
    • The existence of chaos does ineffectuate the Newtonian image of a clockwork universe and the Laplacean dream of a completely controllable world.2006, William A. Dembski, Darwin's Nemesis

Forms of ineffectuate

third-person singular presentineffectuates
present participleineffectuating
past participleineffectuated
pastineffectuated

Origin of ineffectuate

From ineffectu(al) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Questions about ineffectuate

What does ineffectuate mean?
Ineffectuate means to make ineffectual; to disable.
What part of speech is ineffectuate?
Ineffectuate is a verb.
What is the past tense of ineffectuate?
The past tense of ineffectuate is ineffectuated.

Words near ineffectuate in the dictionary

  1. ineffectualizes
  2. ineffectualizing
  3. ineffectuall
  4. ineffectually
  5. ineffectualness
  6. ineffectuate
  7. ineffectuated
  8. ineffectuates
  9. ineffectuating
  10. ineffervescence
  11. ineffervescent

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