Ineffectual synonyms

ĭn'ĭ-fĕk'cho͝o-əl

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useless
(Colloquial, of a person) unable to do well at a particular task or thing. Useless is mildly insulting.
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futile
Trifling or unimportant
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effective (antonym)
Producing a strong impression or response; striking:
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unavailing
Not availing; futile; ineffectual
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incompetent (related)
Unskilled, lacking normally expected degree of ability.
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idle
Being a period of time in which there is little or no activity:
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inadequate
Not adequate; not sufficient; not equal to what is required
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insufficient
The definition of insufficient is that there is not enough of something.
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unable
Not able; lacking a certain ability.
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impotent
(Obsolete) Lacking self-restraint.
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inefficient
Incapable of, or indisposed to, effective action; habitually slack or remiss; effecting little or nothing; as, inefficient workers; an inefficient administrator.
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unproductive
(Economics) Adding nothing to exchangeable value.
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vain
Not yielding the desired outcome; fruitless:
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weak
Resulting from, or indicating, lack of judgment, discernment, or firmness; unwise; hence, foolish.
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inefficacious
Not efficacious; unable to produce the desired effect
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inutile
Lacking in utility or serviceability; not useful.
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unusable
Not usable.
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worthless
Without worth or merit; useless, valueless, etc.
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helpless
Unable to defend oneself or to act without help.
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incapable
The definition of incapable is not having the ability, strength or legal qualification to do something.
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powerless
Lacking strength or power; helpless and totally ineffectual.
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affect (related)
Not having the desired effect
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used (related)
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
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ability (related)
Not capable of accomplishing anything
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strong (related)
Having or showing ability or achievement in a specified field:
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uneffective
not producing an intended effect
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otiose
Having no reason for being (raison d'être); having no point, reason, or purpose.
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inept (related)
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indecisive (related)
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unconvincing (related)
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obstinate (related)
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obdurate (related)
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unimaginative (related)
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unprincipled (related)
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intransigent (related)
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hopeless
Having no hope or chance of changing or improving:
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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.

  • 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.

  • The most remarkable military events of this period were (1) the siege and destruction of the oasis of Zaatcha, where the inhabitants, displeased by an alteration in the tax on palms, rose at the voice of a fanatic named Bu-Zian; (2) the ineffectual campaign of Marshal Saint Arnaud in Little Kabylia, where the tribes rose at the instigation of Bu-Magla (" the mule man ") in 1851.

  • In the first, after an ineffectual attempt by Nepal, he travelled by the Manasarowar Lake, and the road thence eastward, parallel to the course of the Tsangpo, reaching Lhasa on the 10th of January 1866, and leaving it on the 21st of April 1867.

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