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productive, persuasive adj.
in use at the time adj.

ADJECTIVE

productive, persuasive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active adequate compelling competent direct efficient forceful impressive potent powerful practical sufficient useful valid

STRONG

effectual efficacious

WEAK

able capable cogent convincing emphatic energetic forcible having lead in pencil live moving on the ball operative playing hardball powerhouse producing resultant serviceable serving sound striking telling trenchant virtuous wicked yielding

Antonyms

STRONGEST

helpless impotent inadequate incapable incompetent ineffective inefficient insufficient unable useless weak worthless

STRONG

unproductive unsuccessful

WEAK

fruitless inoperative

ADJECTIVE

in use at the time

Synonyms

STRONGEST

active direct dynamic

WEAK

actual current in effect in execution in force in operation operative real

Antonyms

STRONGEST

inactive

WEAK

fruitless impotent incapable ineffective inoperative unproductive useless weak

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most effective

The Cincinnati Bengals drafted quarterback Joe Burrow and wideout Ja’Marr Chase out of LSU with first-round picks in back-to-back years, and they’ve been one of the NFL’s most effective tandems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“Peter is one of the most effective at-scale operators in the entertainment industry,” Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

Strength training is the most effective way to maintain or improve muscle strength as we age, so should be the foundation of any program aimed at healthy aging.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Five practices distinguished the most effective: more instructional time, high-dosage tutoring, frequent teacher feedback, data-driven instruction and a culture of high expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

I had this contraption on Rocinante, and it was most effective.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck

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