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indulgent parents.
industrious
adj. sedulous, assiduous, hard-working, diligent, intense,
conscientious, energetic, dynamic, aggressive, vigorous,
untiring, tireless, indefatigable, unflagging, persistent,
pertinacious, dogged, tenacious, US hustling: The business was
built up only because she was so industrious.
industry n. 1 production, manufacture, trade, commerce, business:
Competition in the car industry helps keep prices lower. 2
diligence, assiduity, sedulousness, energy, exertion, effort,
application, perseverance, persistence, work, labour, toil: We
were complimented on our industry by the teacher. 3
industriousness, energy, activity, vigour, hustle, bustle,
dynamism, enterprise, earnestness, determination: The sales
office is a hive of industry.
ineffable adj. 1 unutterable, unspeakable, unmentionable, taboo: In
certain religions, the name of the deity is ineffable. 2
inexpressible, indescribable, indefinable or undefinable,
indescribable or undescribable, beyond description, beyond
words: The Royal Hotel had an ineffable air of serene
affluence.
ineffective
adj. 1 unproductive, unfruitful, bootless, idle, vain, useless,
ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, non-functioning,
inadequate, insufficient, worthless: The anti-crime measures
appear to have been ineffective. 2 inefficient, incompetent,
incapable, unskilled, unskilful, inept, unfit, unproficient:
The new office manager is totally ineffective.
ineffectual
adj. 1 unsuccessful, unavailing, futile, bootless, sterile,
barren, fruitless, unproductive, ineffective, inefficacious,
inoperative: Our efforts to deal with pollution have been
largely ineffectual. 2 weak, feeble, effete, impotent, tame,
lame, powerless, inefficient, incompetent, inadequate: We tried
to read the inscription by the ineffectual light of a match.
inefficacious
adj. See ineffectual and ineffective.