Definition of ineffectual in English:

ineffectual

adjective ɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəlˌɪnəˈfɛk(t)ʃ(u)əl

1Not producing any significant or desired effect.
不起作用的；无效的
an ineffectual campaign
一场无效的战役。
Example sentencesExamples
- The guy's a plonker and made a totally ineffectual campaign leader.
- Luftwaffe tactical support for ground operations during the rest of the campaign remained spotty and ineffectual.
- If it is about security, it's totally ineffectual anyway.
- No matter what cause those who hijacked these flights were fighting for, their tactics are unacceptable and ineffectual.
- The woman could not be less interested but the blackboard she gets for her dowry comes in handy as a rather ineffectual shelter against chemical weapons.
- This has the effect of fooling us into believing that this power is ineffectual.
- Banning things is usually a pretty ineffectual way of stopping people from doing what they want.
- We have been spared three years' ineffectual management.
- But in situations like this, ineffectual gestures are usually worse than no gestures at all.
- The Executive's advertising campaigns contrive to be both insulting and ineffectual.
- The world's leaders may have failed, the UN may have failed and the final action plan and political declaration may be ineffectual.
- Anyone know of the seemingly ineffectual changes to the way films are nominated for the documentary Oscar?
- Interestingly the legislation that was passed to control illegal radio stations was remarkably ineffectual.
- He has shown how false and useless and ineffectual the law truly is.
- It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign.
- The regulation of our national financial affairs has been as ineffectual as the regulation of political behaviour.
- Or if I do, it's so ludicrously truncated and ineffectual as to be useless.
- The entire civil society response has been ineffectual.
- He seems to me in the line of Jane Austen's failed fathers, less ineffectual than Emma's, less priggish than Anne's.
Synonyms
inefficient, ineffective, inefficacious, unsuccessful, powerless, impotent, inadequate, inept, incompetent, incapable, unfit, lame, feeble, weak, poor
informal useless, hopeless, rotten, lousy, no good
ineffective, unproductive, unsuccessful, non-successful, profitless, fruitless, futile, failed, abortive, vain, unavailing, useless, worthless, inadequate, inefficient, inefficacious, lame, inept, bungled, bungling
archaic bootless
rare unfructuous, inutile
1. 1.1 (of a person) lacking the ability or qualities to fulfil a role or handle a situation.
  （人）不能胜任的；无能的
  she was neglectful and ineffectual as a parent
  作为家长她是疏忽而且不能胜任的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Speaking of ineffectual parents, we get them in the shop all the time.
  In point of fact, he was remarkably ineffectual at anything but promoting a sort of genteel cronyism.
  He is ineffectual in his dual post anyway, but he still can rant and rave over it.
  The UF and Green candidates seemed quite ineffectual, especially compared to the people they stood last time.
  Our ineffectual government should have done something about this appalling situation by now.
  Those divisions contribute to the perception that they are ineffectual.
  Saying that you don't like the choices available is weak and ineffectual.
  His mother, a pale, ineffectual, religious woman, dies young, leaving Archie to the care of a father he dreads and dislikes.
  Only problem is, he is ineffectual and naive as a new member of the corruptible capitalist system.
  How our poor, ineffectual Mayor must envy his opposite number in Paris!
  Your government is proving itself to be ineffectual when it comes to looking after its own people.
  Yet as an immigrant and woman of color, she is ineffectual in America.
  He has been ineffectual in parliament and widely ridiculed for his persona as the ‘quiet man’ of politics.
  Other times, I feel completely ineffectual, and people progress immeasurably.
  These difficulties would be ignored if he appeared a huge impediment, but he is ineffectual rather than terrible.
  She balled her fists and struck out at him, her efforts feeble and ineffectual.
  He is around forty, sandy haired, ineffectual and weak chinned.
  When he says ineffectual, he just can't say no to people.
  He was my hero when he was Tom, but now he was Jerry he seemed weak and ineffectual.

Derivatives

ineffectuality

noun ɪnɪfɛktʃʊˈalɪti

It's an invitation to cronyism and corruption or total ineffectuality.
Example sentencesExamples
- Johan detests his son's ineffectuality, spewing contempt when Henrik requests a loan.
- Franklin's civilised demeanour is revealed as mere ineffectuality, and he is unable to save the murdered girl, whom he loves.
- The regime reduced the two officially tolerated political parties to pliant ineffectuality.
- In much the same manner, Bernard's efforts to keep his experiment with the children under wraps remain equally doomed to ineffectuality.

ineffectually

adverb ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəli

But the idea that these pundits' failure to disclose is the real problem is to swat ineffectually at flies.
Example sentencesExamples
- I spend the night with Polish engineers and local salmon-filleters, collecting anecdotes and dancing ineffectually with someone's giddy aunt.
- I spent the day in a deep funk, ineffectually shuffling around my office in an unproductive, sleep-deprived, hangover-tinged haze.
- Orangutans, gorillas, and their ape relatives, meanwhile, will ineffectually thrash around in deep water or simply gurgle and sink.
- Because it was so poorly planned and ineffectually executed, there are those who fantasise about what better leadership might have accomplished.
- I'm the only candidate who's shown the bold leadership to support and oppose it, in both cases ineffectually.

ineffectualness

noun ˌɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəlnəsˌɪnəˈfɛk(t)ʃ(u)əlnəs

‘Experts’, often combining ineffectualness with insufferable vanity, have displaced wisdom from its central role.
Example sentencesExamples
- His words - and his ineffectualness - haunted him on Sunday night as the frenzy grew even fiercer.
- The fact that he's working with an exceptional cast mitigates his seeming ineffectualness, but I wonder if he's not a better casting director than theatrical director.
- Passivity and ineffectualness are weaknesses that trouble many Fellini characters, especially the closely autobiographical parts.
- The work is no grandiose masterpiece of self-aware ineffectualness, but the film rides its lead performance and unusual pacing to the umpteenth degree.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin ineffectualis, from in- 'not' + effectualis, from Latin effectus (see effect); in later use from in-¹ 'not' + effectual.

Definition of ineffectual in US English:

ineffectual

adjectiveˌɪnəˈfɛk(t)ʃ(u)əlˌinəˈfek(t)SH(o͞o)əl

1Not producing any or the desired effect.
不起作用的；无效的
an ineffectual campaign
一场无效的战役。
Example sentencesExamples
- The world's leaders may have failed, the UN may have failed and the final action plan and political declaration may be ineffectual.
- We have been spared three years' ineffectual management.
- Luftwaffe tactical support for ground operations during the rest of the campaign remained spotty and ineffectual.
- But in situations like this, ineffectual gestures are usually worse than no gestures at all.
- The guy's a plonker and made a totally ineffectual campaign leader.
- The woman could not be less interested but the blackboard she gets for her dowry comes in handy as a rather ineffectual shelter against chemical weapons.
- No matter what cause those who hijacked these flights were fighting for, their tactics are unacceptable and ineffectual.
- He seems to me in the line of Jane Austen's failed fathers, less ineffectual than Emma's, less priggish than Anne's.
- It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign.
- This has the effect of fooling us into believing that this power is ineffectual.
- The Executive's advertising campaigns contrive to be both insulting and ineffectual.
- He has shown how false and useless and ineffectual the law truly is.
- Interestingly the legislation that was passed to control illegal radio stations was remarkably ineffectual.
- Or if I do, it's so ludicrously truncated and ineffectual as to be useless.
- The regulation of our national financial affairs has been as ineffectual as the regulation of political behaviour.
- Banning things is usually a pretty ineffectual way of stopping people from doing what they want.
- If it is about security, it's totally ineffectual anyway.
- Anyone know of the seemingly ineffectual changes to the way films are nominated for the documentary Oscar?
- The entire civil society response has been ineffectual.
Synonyms
inefficient, ineffective, inefficacious, unsuccessful, powerless, impotent, inadequate, inept, incompetent, incapable, unfit, lame, feeble, weak, poor
ineffective, unproductive, unsuccessful, non-successful, profitless, fruitless, futile, failed, abortive, vain, unavailing, useless, worthless, inadequate, inefficient, inefficacious, lame, inept, bungled, bungling
1. 1.1 (of a person) lacking the ability or qualities to cope with a role or situation.
  （人）不能胜任的；无能的
  she was neglectful and ineffectual as a parent
  作为家长她是疏忽而且不能胜任的。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Those divisions contribute to the perception that they are ineffectual.
  The UF and Green candidates seemed quite ineffectual, especially compared to the people they stood last time.
  He is around forty, sandy haired, ineffectual and weak chinned.
  Your government is proving itself to be ineffectual when it comes to looking after its own people.
  These difficulties would be ignored if he appeared a huge impediment, but he is ineffectual rather than terrible.
  He is ineffectual in his dual post anyway, but he still can rant and rave over it.
  He has been ineffectual in parliament and widely ridiculed for his persona as the ‘quiet man’ of politics.
  When he says ineffectual, he just can't say no to people.
  In point of fact, he was remarkably ineffectual at anything but promoting a sort of genteel cronyism.
  She balled her fists and struck out at him, her efforts feeble and ineffectual.
  His mother, a pale, ineffectual, religious woman, dies young, leaving Archie to the care of a father he dreads and dislikes.
  Saying that you don't like the choices available is weak and ineffectual.
  How our poor, ineffectual Mayor must envy his opposite number in Paris!
  Other times, I feel completely ineffectual, and people progress immeasurably.
  Speaking of ineffectual parents, we get them in the shop all the time.
  Yet as an immigrant and woman of color, she is ineffectual in America.
  He was my hero when he was Tom, but now he was Jerry he seemed weak and ineffectual.
  Our ineffectual government should have done something about this appalling situation by now.
  Only problem is, he is ineffectual and naive as a new member of the corruptible capitalist system.

Origin

Late Middle English: from medieval Latin ineffectualis, from in- ‘not’ + effectualis, from Latin effectus (see effect); in later use from in- ‘not’ + effectual.

词汇	ineffectual
释义	Definition of ineffectual in English: ineffectual adjective ɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəlˌɪnəˈfɛk(t)ʃ(u)əl 1Not producing any significant or desired effect. 不起作用的；无效的 an ineffectual campaign 一场无效的战役。 Example sentencesExamples The guy's a plonker and made a totally ineffectual campaign leader. Luftwaffe tactical support for ground operations during the rest of the campaign remained spotty and ineffectual. If it is about security, it's totally ineffectual anyway. No matter what cause those who hijacked these flights were fighting for, their tactics are unacceptable and ineffectual. The woman could not be less interested but the blackboard she gets for her dowry comes in handy as a rather ineffectual shelter against chemical weapons. This has the effect of fooling us into believing that this power is ineffectual. Banning things is usually a pretty ineffectual way of stopping people from doing what they want. We have been spared three years' ineffectual management. But in situations like this, ineffectual gestures are usually worse than no gestures at all. The Executive's advertising campaigns contrive to be both insulting and ineffectual. The world's leaders may have failed, the UN may have failed and the final action plan and political declaration may be ineffectual. Anyone know of the seemingly ineffectual changes to the way films are nominated for the documentary Oscar? Interestingly the legislation that was passed to control illegal radio stations was remarkably ineffectual. He has shown how false and useless and ineffectual the law truly is. It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign. The regulation of our national financial affairs has been as ineffectual as the regulation of political behaviour. Or if I do, it's so ludicrously truncated and ineffectual as to be useless. The entire civil society response has been ineffectual. He seems to me in the line of Jane Austen's failed fathers, less ineffectual than Emma's, less priggish than Anne's. Synonyms inefficient, ineffective, inefficacious, unsuccessful, powerless, impotent, inadequate, inept, incompetent, incapable, unfit, lame, feeble, weak, poor informal useless, hopeless, rotten, lousy, no good ineffective, unproductive, unsuccessful, non-successful, profitless, fruitless, futile, failed, abortive, vain, unavailing, useless, worthless, inadequate, inefficient, inefficacious, lame, inept, bungled, bungling archaic bootless rare unfructuous, inutile 1.1 (of a person) lacking the ability or qualities to fulfil a role or handle a situation. （人）不能胜任的；无能的 she was neglectful and ineffectual as a parent 作为家长她是疏忽而且不能胜任的。 Example sentencesExamples Speaking of ineffectual parents, we get them in the shop all the time. In point of fact, he was remarkably ineffectual at anything but promoting a sort of genteel cronyism. He is ineffectual in his dual post anyway, but he still can rant and rave over it. The UF and Green candidates seemed quite ineffectual, especially compared to the people they stood last time. Our ineffectual government should have done something about this appalling situation by now. Those divisions contribute to the perception that they are ineffectual. Saying that you don't like the choices available is weak and ineffectual. His mother, a pale, ineffectual, religious woman, dies young, leaving Archie to the care of a father he dreads and dislikes. Only problem is, he is ineffectual and naive as a new member of the corruptible capitalist system. How our poor, ineffectual Mayor must envy his opposite number in Paris! Your government is proving itself to be ineffectual when it comes to looking after its own people. Yet as an immigrant and woman of color, she is ineffectual in America. He has been ineffectual in parliament and widely ridiculed for his persona as the ‘quiet man’ of politics. Other times, I feel completely ineffectual, and people progress immeasurably. These difficulties would be ignored if he appeared a huge impediment, but he is ineffectual rather than terrible. She balled her fists and struck out at him, her efforts feeble and ineffectual. He is around forty, sandy haired, ineffectual and weak chinned. When he says ineffectual, he just can't say no to people. He was my hero when he was Tom, but now he was Jerry he seemed weak and ineffectual. Derivatives ineffectuality noun ɪnɪfɛktʃʊˈalɪti It's an invitation to cronyism and corruption or total ineffectuality. Example sentencesExamples Johan detests his son's ineffectuality, spewing contempt when Henrik requests a loan. Franklin's civilised demeanour is revealed as mere ineffectuality, and he is unable to save the murdered girl, whom he loves. The regime reduced the two officially tolerated political parties to pliant ineffectuality. In much the same manner, Bernard's efforts to keep his experiment with the children under wraps remain equally doomed to ineffectuality. ineffectually adverb ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəli But the idea that these pundits' failure to disclose is the real problem is to swat ineffectually at flies. Example sentencesExamples I spend the night with Polish engineers and local salmon-filleters, collecting anecdotes and dancing ineffectually with someone's giddy aunt. I spent the day in a deep funk, ineffectually shuffling around my office in an unproductive, sleep-deprived, hangover-tinged haze. Orangutans, gorillas, and their ape relatives, meanwhile, will ineffectually thrash around in deep water or simply gurgle and sink. Because it was so poorly planned and ineffectually executed, there are those who fantasise about what better leadership might have accomplished. I'm the only candidate who's shown the bold leadership to support and oppose it, in both cases ineffectually. ineffectualness noun ˌɪnɪˈfɛktʃʊəlnəsˌɪnəˈfɛk(t)ʃ(u)əlnəs ‘Experts’, often combining ineffectualness with insufferable vanity, have displaced wisdom from its central role. Example sentencesExamples His words - and his ineffectualness - haunted him on Sunday night as the frenzy grew even fiercer. The fact that he's working with an exceptional cast mitigates his seeming ineffectualness, but I wonder if he's not a better casting director than theatrical director. Passivity and ineffectualness are weaknesses that trouble many Fellini characters, especially the closely autobiographical parts. The work is no grandiose masterpiece of self-aware ineffectualness, but the film rides its lead performance and unusual pacing to the umpteenth degree. Origin Late Middle English: from medieval Latin ineffectualis, from in- 'not' + effectualis, from Latin effectus (see effect); in later use from in-¹ 'not' + effectual. Definition of ineffectual in US English: ineffectual adjectiveˌɪnəˈfɛk(t)ʃ(u)əlˌinəˈfek(t)SH(o͞o)əl 1Not producing any or the desired effect. 不起作用的；无效的 an ineffectual campaign 一场无效的战役。 Example sentencesExamples The world's leaders may have failed, the UN may have failed and the final action plan and political declaration may be ineffectual. We have been spared three years' ineffectual management. Luftwaffe tactical support for ground operations during the rest of the campaign remained spotty and ineffectual. But in situations like this, ineffectual gestures are usually worse than no gestures at all. The guy's a plonker and made a totally ineffectual campaign leader. The woman could not be less interested but the blackboard she gets for her dowry comes in handy as a rather ineffectual shelter against chemical weapons. No matter what cause those who hijacked these flights were fighting for, their tactics are unacceptable and ineffectual. He seems to me in the line of Jane Austen's failed fathers, less ineffectual than Emma's, less priggish than Anne's. It is hard to see what more could be done other than a punitive and probably ineffectual bombing campaign. This has the effect of fooling us into believing that this power is ineffectual. The Executive's advertising campaigns contrive to be both insulting and ineffectual. He has shown how false and useless and ineffectual the law truly is. Interestingly the legislation that was passed to control illegal radio stations was remarkably ineffectual. Or if I do, it's so ludicrously truncated and ineffectual as to be useless. The regulation of our national financial affairs has been as ineffectual as the regulation of political behaviour. Banning things is usually a pretty ineffectual way of stopping people from doing what they want. If it is about security, it's totally ineffectual anyway. Anyone know of the seemingly ineffectual changes to the way films are nominated for the documentary Oscar? The entire civil society response has been ineffectual. Synonyms inefficient, ineffective, inefficacious, unsuccessful, powerless, impotent, inadequate, inept, incompetent, incapable, unfit, lame, feeble, weak, poor ineffective, unproductive, unsuccessful, non-successful, profitless, fruitless, futile, failed, abortive, vain, unavailing, useless, worthless, inadequate, inefficient, inefficacious, lame, inept, bungled, bungling 1.1 (of a person) lacking the ability or qualities to cope with a role or situation. （人）不能胜任的；无能的 she was neglectful and ineffectual as a parent 作为家长她是疏忽而且不能胜任的。 Example sentencesExamples Those divisions contribute to the perception that they are ineffectual. The UF and Green candidates seemed quite ineffectual, especially compared to the people they stood last time. He is around forty, sandy haired, ineffectual and weak chinned. Your government is proving itself to be ineffectual when it comes to looking after its own people. These difficulties would be ignored if he appeared a huge impediment, but he is ineffectual rather than terrible. He is ineffectual in his dual post anyway, but he still can rant and rave over it. He has been ineffectual in parliament and widely ridiculed for his persona as the ‘quiet man’ of politics. When he says ineffectual, he just can't say no to people. In point of fact, he was remarkably ineffectual at anything but promoting a sort of genteel cronyism. She balled her fists and struck out at him, her efforts feeble and ineffectual. His mother, a pale, ineffectual, religious woman, dies young, leaving Archie to the care of a father he dreads and dislikes. Saying that you don't like the choices available is weak and ineffectual. How our poor, ineffectual Mayor must envy his opposite number in Paris! Other times, I feel completely ineffectual, and people progress immeasurably. Speaking of ineffectual parents, we get them in the shop all the time. Yet as an immigrant and woman of color, she is ineffectual in America. He was my hero when he was Tom, but now he was Jerry he seemed weak and ineffectual. Our ineffectual government should have done something about this appalling situation by now. Only problem is, he is ineffectual and naive as a new member of the corruptible capitalist system. Origin Late Middle English: from medieval Latin ineffectualis, from in- ‘not’ + effectualis, from Latin effectus (see effect); in later use from in- ‘not’ + effectual.
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