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ineffectual
/ ˌɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəl /
adjective
- having no effect or an inadequate effect
- lacking in power or forcefulness; impotent
an ineffectual ruler
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Derived Forms
- ˌinefˌfectuˈality, noun
- ˌinefˈfectually, adverb
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Other Words From
- inef·fectu·ali·ty inef·fectu·al·ness noun
- inef·fectu·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
Origin of ineffectual1
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Synonym Study
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Example Sentences
The Obama administration has pulled together a coalition as ineffectual as it is unwilling.
The end result only confirmed its image as disorganized and ineffectual.
Why, then, are we led to believe that her conniving ways are so ineffectual and misdirected?
On Thrones, power, politics, money, and force constantly trump goodness, in each of its ineffectual forms.
But the White House is sounding more and more defensive and ineffectual.
Who can understand its nature, its operations, the sufficiency which is not sufficient, and the efficacy which is ineffectual.
We had heard the roar of her guns, and the quick, ineffectual firing from Fort McAllister.
Gaolers and soldiers, utterly taken aback by this sudden onslaught, made but ineffectual resistance.
In some places an ineffectual resistance was made, and several lives lost on both sides.
A rift in the opposition was started, and an attempt to close it by a conference two days later was ineffectual.
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