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ineffectually



ADVERB
ineffectively
Synonyms
ADVERB
vainly
Synonyms


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The implication is that direct compensation would be ineffectually sprinkled among families.

From Washington Post ● Jun. 14, 2022

That raises the threat that central banks will overly tighten the brakes on the economy, as they push ineffectually against a string “and essentially fall into a damaging policy mistake,” Rieder said.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 10, 2022

They employ them fitfully and therefore often ineffectually.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2021

In addition, the show desperately but ineffectually wants viewers to be interested in the undercover work of blond white cop C.G.

From The Verge ● Aug. 8, 2019

As he watched the bird dipped again slanting his wings for the dive and then swinging them wildly and ineffectually as he followed the flying fish.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway




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