ineffectively
- a word derived from ineffective.
Example Sentences
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Cycles of great-power rivalry, where leading states grasped ineffectively for hegemony, shaped the emergence of both dynastic empires and modern nations while testing statesmen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
Well, Kirby is the exact opposite — at times, he’s become ineffectively in command.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
After ineffectively launching the program, the audit said, the number of fatalities rose in nearly every subsequent year.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2023
But his schizophrenia remained ineffectively treated until 2016.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
He whirled back to Yossarian and, before he could speak, sneezed thunderously six times, staggering sideways on rubbery legs in the intervals and raising his elbows ineffectively to fend each seizure off.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
