Ineffectual

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  • adjective. Not producing the desired effect: synonym: futile.
  • adjective. Lacking forcefulness or effectiveness; inadequate or incompetent.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Not effectual; not producing or not able to produce the desired effect; of no efficacy; inefficient: as, an ineffectual remedy.
  • Synonyms Fruitless, Unavailing, etc. See useless.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. unable or insufficient to produce effect; futile
  • adjective. worthless
  • adjective. weak; lacking forcefulness
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. lacking in power or forcefulness
  • adjective. producing no result or effect
  • adjective. not producing an intended effect
    • Word Usage
    "Walter Bassett broke out in ineffectual protest, but was swiftly silenced by the threat of a lunacy commission."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    effective  effectual  impressive  
    Equivalent
    impotent  toothless  unproductive  useless  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    intellectual  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    abortive  aimless  desperate  feeble  futile  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Sisyphean  abortive  acarpous  aimless  arid  
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