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more ineffective

ADJECTIVE

weak, useless

Synonyms

WEAK

abortive anticlimactic barren bootless defeasible feckless feeble forceless fruitless futile idle impotent inadequate incompetent indecisive inefficacious inefficient inept inferior innocuous inoperative invertebrate lame limited neutralized nugatory null null and void paltry powerless spineless unable unavailing unfruitful unproductive unprofitable unsuccessful vain void withered worthless

Antonyms

WEAK

competent effective effectual efficient powerful strong useful

ADJECTIVE

useless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

feeble fruitless futile impotent inadequate incompetent indecisive ineffectual inefficient inept limited null powerless unable unproductive unprofitable unsuccessful worthless

WEAK

abortive anticlimactic barren bootless defeasible emasculate feckless forceless idle inefficacious inferior innocuous inoperative lame neutralized no go no way not effective nugatory paltry slack-spined spineless unavailable unavailing unfruitful vain void withered

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able adequate capable competent dexterous effective effectual efficient expert fit fruitful potent powerful productive profitable skillful strong successful sufficient useful valuable worthwhile worthy

Example Sentences

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Inside, he recalled, he was thinking: My God, could these people be any more ineffective?

From Slate • Apr. 7, 2024

Marcus Rashford was also having one of his more ineffective nights and when he blazed wide after darting into the box, it seemed certain the match was heading to extra time.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2024

“The bigger this gets, the more stretched resources become and the more ineffective they become,” he said.

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2022

The night stood in stark contrast to some of his more ineffective performances, such as in the Wizards’ Friday night loss at Brooklyn, where Wall needed 16 shots to reach 17 points.

From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2018

Besides, the British were all effectives; while Hull had over five hundred absent from Detroit and as many more ineffective on the spot; which left him only fifteen hundred actual combatants.

From The War With the United States : A Chronicle of 1812 by Langton, H. H. (Hugh Hornby)