Ineffectual
[ɪnɪ'fektʃʊəl;-tjʊəl] or [,ɪnɪ'fɛktʃuəl]
Definition
(a.) Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.
Typist: Waldo
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Inefficacious, ineffective, inoperative, unavailing, fruitless, useless, abortive, bootless, to no purpose, without effect.[2]. Powerless, weak, impotent, feeble, inefficient.
Typist: Martha
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Fruitless, useless, vain, idle, unavailing, abortive, inoperative, ineffective
ANT:Effective, effectual, successful,[See EFFECTIVE]
Editor: Luke
Examples
- I was like the Arabian who had been buried with the dead, and found a passage to life aided only by one glimmering, and seemingly ineffectual light. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- There were also ineffectual revolts in Italy and Germany in 1830, and a much more serious one in Russian Poland. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lily's feelings were softer: she pitied him in a frightened ineffectual way. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But as this was an ineffectual protest, I then said, more particularly, that I was not sure of my qualifications. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- After two or three ineffectual attempts, he reeled, and fell heavily to the ground. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Not that I mean to say the latter had been attempted; but of this I am certain, if it had been, it must have been ineffectual. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The sun was low and yellow, sinking down, and in the sky floated a thin, ineffectual moon. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- As ineffectual. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Muttering, after an ineffectual call to his lodger, that he will go downstairs and bring a lighted candle from the shop, the old man departs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The stars came out, shedding their ineffectual glimmerings on the light-widowed earth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Miss Gertrude Farish, in fact, typified the mediocre and the ineffectual. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- To-day, as usual, his quotations fell ineffectual: he soon shifted his ground. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Mrs. Bennet's schemes for this day were ineffectual. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The rest tramped on, or halted to fire an ineffectual volley. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Luke