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Definition of Ineffectual

Ineffectual
Ineffectual In`ef*fec"tu*al (?; 135), a. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient. --Pope. The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet has been by many found ineffectual. --Boyle. Syn: Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless; unavailing; futile. See Useless, Inefficacious.

Meaning of Ineffectual from wikipedia

- that claims or appears to be powerful or threatening but is actually ineffectual and unable to withstand challenge. The expression became well known internationally...
- months of political instability as South Korea was led by a weak and ineffectual government. This instability was broken by the 16 May 1961 coup led by...
- minority. Three of those sons lived long enough to become king; but their ineffectual reigns, and the unpo****rity of Catherine's regency, helped to spark...
- command at the age of thirty, when he was given command of a notoriously ineffectual campaign during the War of the First Coalition, a continental war following...
- image that favours their interests Paper tiger – Chinese phrase for an ineffectual threat Pooh-pooh – Fallacy in informal logic Red herring – Fallacious...
- settled north to Kabul river, which offered a gallant resistance but ineffectual resistance to the arms of Alexander." (Scottish Geographical Magazine...
- counted when they are shipped to the consumer, rendering the tactic "ineffectual". A growing trend early in the first decade of the 21st century was to...
- and lack of Washington cooperation to portray Carter as a weak and ineffectual leader. Carter was the first elected in****bent president since Herbert...
- in particular by undermining the deeply flawed, though not entirely ineffectual, Congress and Supreme Court. Carlos Prío Socarrás, a protégé of Grau...
- damaging fiscal slump for Burger King and Pillsbury. Poor operation and ineffectual leadership continued to bog down the company for many years. Pillsbury...