Ineffectual Definition

ĭnĭ-fĕkcho͝o-əl
adjective
Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect.
Webster's New World
Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent.
An ineffectual ruler; ineffectual in dealing with a problem.
American Heritage

Worthless.

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Origin of Ineffectual

  • in- "not" + effectual "having effect"

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Ineffectual Sentence Examples

  • This battle ended a long series of ineffectual operations.

  • Her kicks were ineffectual against the guardsman's chainmail, and his sword plunged into her chest.

  • It needed a second insult - the firing on " La Provence," a vessel carrying a flag of truce, in the harbour of Algiers (August 3, 1829) - to spur the French government to further action than an ineffectual blockade.

  • Far from submitting to the papal breve, the ex-Jesuits, after some ineffectual attempts at direct resistance, withdrew into the territories of the free-thinking sovereigns of Russia and Prussia, Frederick II.

  • Hood proved ineffectual; and on the 1st of September Atlanta was taken.

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Words Starting With

IININE

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LALUAL

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Words Starting With I and Ending With L

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With I11 Letter Words Ending With L