noun
- military personnel who are unable to perform their duties due to illness, injury, or other incapacitating conditions
Usage: military
Examples
- The battalion reported fifty noneffectives after the training exercise.
- Medical officers were responsible for treating the noneffectives.
- The commander had to account for all noneffectives in his daily report.
- During the epidemic, the number of noneffectives increased dramatically.
- Only effectives were allowed to participate in the combat mission.
- The hospital ward was filled with noneffectives from various units.