ineffective
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As post-conviction lawyers who now represent Carruthers have said, his trial performance was “singularly inept, ineffective, and disastrous.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 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
Drones struggle to count items that are covered or hiding, such as cattle in mountainous terrains, and are largely ineffective indoors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
Maybe that’s true — but it doesn’t mean it’s rhetorically ineffective.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026
His theory had been sound as far as burglars, snatch thieves, and kleptomaniacs were concerned, but it had been completely ineffective regarding his friends.
From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck
Vocabulary lists containing ineffective
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: in-, im-, il-, ir-
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