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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

Finding the right words to discuss AI might be the most effective step we can take to control its dangers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

What those repairs will entail, exactly, appears yet to be determined, as the agency reviews surveys and drone footage “to determine the most effective path forward,” Smith said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

The team then modified 3B6 and tested numerous versions of the molecule, eventually identifying CS18 as the most effective candidate.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Ladybugs or lady beetles are among the most effective destroyers of aphids, scale insects, and other plant-eating insects.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

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