Ineffectual Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭnĭ-fĕkcho͝o-əl
Not having the desired effect
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ineffective
  2. inefficacious
  3. futile
  4. inefficient
  5. useless
  6. otiose
  7. unavailing
  8. uneffective
Not capable of accomplishing anything
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. ineffective
  2. impotent
  3. useless
  4. inadequate
  5. unavailing
  6. weak
  7. unable
  8. helpless
  9. futile
  10. hopeless
  11. idle
  12. incapable
  13. inefficient
  14. powerless
  15. insufficient
  16. unproductive
  17. vain
Antonyms:
  1. effective
Having no useful purpose
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. inutile
  2. unusable
  3. useless
  4. worthless
Not producing the desired effect:
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. futile

Words Related to Ineffectual

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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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