Term: ineffectiveness: lacking the power to be effective
Candidate hypernym: powerlessness: the quality of lacking strength or power; being weak and feeble → 1
Candidate hypernym: silver lining: a consoling aspect of a difficult situation → 0
Candidate hypernym: lamp house: housing that holds a lamp (as in a movie projector) → 0
Candidate hypernym: damping off: a plant disease caused by a fungus; diseased condition of seedlings in excessive moisture → 0
Candidate hypernym: application: a diligent effort → 0
Candidate hypernym: sigmoidoscope: an endoscope (a flexible fiberoptic probe) for examining the sigmoid colon → 0
Candidate hypernym: whistle: acoustic device that forces air or steam against an edge or into a cavity and so produces a loud shrill sound → 0
Candidate hypernym: joke: a triviality not to be taken seriously → 0
Candidate hypernym: spotter: a worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots → 0
Candidate hypernym: glibness: a kind of fluent easy superficiality → 0
Candidate hypernym: grubstake: funds advanced to a prospector or to someone starting a business in return for a share of the profits → 0