effectless

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adjective

Having no effect or advantage.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English effect →
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Meanings

adjectiveeffectless (comparative more effectless, superlative most effectless)

comparative more effectless · superlative most effectless

  1. Having no effect or advantage.

    In In a Year of Thirteen Moons the transsexual Elvira makes every attempt to negate her/his will and render her/his-self effectless.

    1981 February 7, Michael Bronski, “Fassbinder On Terrorism”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 28, page 10

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁k-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰh₁kyéti
  9. Proto-Italic*θakjō
  10. Proto-Italic*fakjō
  11. Latinfaciō
  12. Latinefficiō
  13. Latineffectu
  14. Old Frencheffect
  15. Middle Englisheffect
  16. Englisheffect
  17. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  19. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  20. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  21. Englisheffectless

From effect + -less.

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APA

effectless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectless

MLA

“effectless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effectless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effectless.

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