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countable and uncountable, plural effectivenesses
The property of being effective, of achieving results. examples
The capacity or potential for achieving results. quotations examples
The problem with these precedents is that the Security Council did not authorize intervention in Syria, and an intervention there will thus harm, not help, the Council’s credibility and effectiveness.
2013 August 31, Jack L. Goldsmith, “What Happened to the Rule of Law?”, in New York Times
The degree to which something achieves results. quotations examples
United were having more possession but a sign of the effectiveness of Liverpool's defence was that it took the visitors 76 minutes to force Mignolet into serious action, when he dived to punch away a shot from substitute Nani.
2013 September 1, Phil McNulty, BBC Sport