ineffectual
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The cops of wherever this is are ineffectual.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026
At such moments, Marvin, a notably unemotive and cryptic actor, is less impressive than ineffectual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“Sinners” centers the Black American experience through history, art and spirituality, while “One Battle” speaks to the white liberal male’s ineffectual navigation of weaponized racial grievance.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
A diplomat by nature and possessed of old-fashioned manners, he struggled as a party leader and his performances in the bear pit of Prime Minister's Questions were seen by many as ineffectual.
From BBC • Sep. 26, 2025
“Finding them all ineffectual, I attempted to rouse the system by wrapping the whole body...in blankets dipped in warm vinegar.”
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
Vocabulary lists containing ineffectual
The Old Man and the Sea
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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The Haunting of Hill House
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