ineffectual
Example Sentences
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Its efforts to strike at Israel proved generally ineffectual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
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
In this tit for tat, though, California’s threats to respond have thus far proved ineffectual.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
Ministerial functions like car registration and Medicare enrollment and, sure, passport issuance always take the brunt of grousing about the government being so ineffectual.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 21, 2025
You can imagine the situation: the pale knights starting to their feet in the candlelight, the ineffectual attempts at aid, and their supposing eyes turning upon one another with ashamed suspicion.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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The Old Man and the Sea
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The Haunting of Hill House
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