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US
/ˌɪnəˈfɛktʃuəɫ/
]
[ UK /ɪnɪfˈɛktʃuːəl/ ]
[ UK /ɪnɪfˈɛktʃuːəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not producing an intended effect
an ineffective teacher
ineffective legislation -
lacking in power or forcefulness
an ineffectual ruler
like an unable phoenix in hot ashes -
producing no result or effect
a futile effort
the therapy was ineffectual
an otiose undertaking
an unavailing attempt
How To Use ineffectual In A Sentence
- They soon added a try when one of their strong running centres burst through some ineffectual tackling to score under the posts.
- She kept on struggling to loose herself, groping ineffectually at the deadfall that had entrapped her. SLEEP WHILE I SING
- In small ways that sometimes seem ineffectual, my friends and I are looking to experience some foretaste of that moment. Christianity Today
- But, at the heart of this argument, I have reached the conclusion that I'm a slightly clumsy, rather ineffectual speaker.
- However, the being a little slow, a little ineffectual, is perhaps the least offensive fault she could have; and/some/fault, being human, she New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle
- As the ineffectual lawyer/husband, Wilson fades into the scenery like an attendant lord.
- It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign.
- He's repeatedly played ineffectual, wimpy characters… easily forgotten and unmemorable.
- If suicide operations reflected Japanese desperation, it could not be claimed that they were ineffectual. Nemesis: The Battle for Japan, 194445
- Fukuyama's solution...can better be described as ineffectual internationalism. Daimnation!: "Ineffectual internationalism": The failings of Francis Fukuyama