ineffectively

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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

Lance Lynn is back to pitching as ineffectively as he did before the Dodgers acquired him from the Chicago White Sox.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 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 Bale has played sparingly and occasionally ineffectively for Madrid in recent years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

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