If you say that something is ~, you mean that it has no effect on a process or situation.
Economic reform will continue to be painful and ~...
? effective
ADJ
~ness
...the ~ness of some of the police’s anti-crime strategies.
N-UNCOUNT
If you say that something is ~, you mean that it has no effect on a process or situation.
Economic reform will continue to be painful and ~...
? effective
ADJ
~ness
...the ~ness of some of the police’s anti-crime strategies.
N-UNCOUNT
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012