ineffectual
adjective
not effectual; without satisfactory or decisive effect.
ineffectually
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a word derived from
ineffectual.
Example Sentences
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The fourth season sees them attempting to embrace their heroic side – clumsily and ineffectually, but they're trying! – to stop a world-ending horde known as . . . the Butts.
From Salon ● Dec. 8, 2022
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
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
It was worn smooth by ages of weather and didn’t have any handholds to speak o£ I slid to the ground, my hands scrabbling ineffectually.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
