ineffectively

Example Sentences

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Cycles of great-power rivalry, where leading states grasped ineffectively for hegemony, shaped the emergence of both dynastic empires and modern nations while testing statesmen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Well, Kirby is the exact opposite — at times, he’s become ineffectively in command.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 9, 2023

After ineffectively launching the program, the audit said, the number of fatalities rose in nearly every subsequent year.

From Washington Post • Mar. 16, 2023

But that first system, named Wilson, bobbed ineffectively alongside the garbage until it ultimately broke.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2021

He whirled back to Yossarian and, before he could speak, sneezed thunderously six times, staggering sideways on rubbery legs in the intervals and raising his elbows ineffectively to fend each seizure off.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller