ineffectiveness

Example Sentences

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They got better on both sides of the ball but couldn’t fully atone for their ineffectiveness in the first half.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 19, 2025

His double-talk and verbal whiplash were stunning in its ineffectiveness, and instead of paving a way forward, left a trail of smoke.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2025

Much was made of the ineffectiveness of domestic cricket.

From BBC • Oct. 3, 2024

What is notable about these drugs is their relative ineffectiveness in improving depression symptoms.

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2024

I think I was all the angrier with my own ineffectiveness because I knew the streets.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey