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ineffective

[in-i-fek-tiv] / ˌɪn ɪˈfɛk tɪv /


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While travel agents see the incognito trick as an ineffective weapon, consumer advocates say it’s one of the few tools consumers have to protect themselves from surveillance pricing.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

As post-conviction lawyers who now represent Carruthers have said, his trial performance was “singularly inept, ineffective, and disastrous.”

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

"Building GP surgeries that sit unoccupied simply to satisfy a Whitehall demand would be an inefficient and ineffective use of the contributions that development can bring to communities," a spokesperson said.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Although fact-checking can be successful in establishing the facts among people who have not already made up their minds, it is generally ineffective among true believers.

From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026

Through the fifth round, Louis seemed dazed and ineffective.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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