ineffectuality

Example Sentences

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She has taken some seemingly principled steps to protect the country from the worst of her own party, but only once her ineffectuality was guaranteed.

From Slate • May 4, 2022

This is a stark difference from law enforcement in the real world, where ineffectuality is common and can lead to harm.

From Washington Post • Oct. 14, 2020

They are smart enough to know they’re objects, fully cognizant of their ineffectuality.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 13, 2020

These films make Hitler out to be a punching bag by playing up his well-known qualities of insecurity, impotent rage, and ineffectuality, though that’s hardly a foolproof strategy.

From The Guardian • Oct. 16, 2019

He pitied the ineffectuality of Septimus with the kind yet half-contemptuous pity of the strong man with a fine nature.

From Septimus by Locke, William John