ineffectual
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The group has shown itself to be utterly ineffectual, unable to come up with a unified response to an international crisis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
But its ineffectual japing, and Michaels’ inability to help himself when it comes to normalizing repugnant behavior in the name of chasing the zeitgeist, makes it a popular stop on the image rehab express.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
He said the claimants' complaints about the "harmful effects" were "shunned and ignored" before the nurses were "penalised and buried" in an "oppressive and ineffectual investigation process" carried out by the trust.
From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2025
It’s also odd that the activist-minded Greengrass didn’t do more with so corporate a villain: legally responsible utility PG&E, represented in the movie by an ineffectual suit who is briefly yelled at.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
For a while he was keeplocked, but it was the most ineffectual keeplock I ever witnessed.
From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover
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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