Explore Ineffectively through 8 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like effectively or efficaciously. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ineffectively meaning
In an ineffective manner; not producing any significant or desired effect.
Synonyms of Ineffectively
Using Ineffectively
- The main meaning on this page is: In an ineffective manner; not producing any significant or desired effect.
- Useful related words include: inefficaciously, effectively, efficaciously.
- In the example corpus, ineffectively often appears in combinations such as: ineffectively at.
Context around Ineffectively
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 0 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ineffectively
- In this selection, "ineffectively" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, battle, effort, spent, evolve and due stand out and add context to how "ineffectively" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also participated ineffectively due to and and effort ineffectively. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ineffectively" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ineffectively
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They often use time and effort ineffectively. (7 words)
Plop himself down on his haunches and kick up a back leg to scratch, ineffectively, at his ear. (18 words)
Value wars could be costly, ineffective, and should publicly harm the status of an organization ought to the battle ineffectively evolve. (21 words)
Japanese capital ships also participated ineffectively (due to not being engaged) in the Battle of Midway and the simultaneous Aleutian diversion ; in both cases they were in battleship groups well to the rear of the carrier groups. (37 words)
Blasting with baking soda powder removed the tar without further damaging the copper.sfn The restorers' work was hampered by the asbestos-based substance that Bartholdi had used—ineffectively, as inspections showed—to prevent galvanic corrosion. (36 words)
In IPL, it seemed the stance sucked the power out of his shots as he either kept dragging everything to the onside or the bowlers hurled it well outside off, making him reach out ineffectively. (35 words)
Example sentences (8)
Value wars could be costly, ineffective, and should publicly harm the status of an organization ought to the battle ineffectively evolve.
In IPL, it seemed the stance sucked the power out of his shots as he either kept dragging everything to the onside or the bowlers hurled it well outside off, making him reach out ineffectively.
They often use time and effort ineffectively.
P&G recently shared some interesting news about their digital ads spending optimization strategy: The company discovered that more than $140 million out of their $2 billion budget was spent ineffectively.
Plop himself down on his haunches and kick up a back leg to scratch, ineffectively, at his ear.
Blasting with baking soda powder removed the tar without further damaging the copper.sfn The restorers' work was hampered by the asbestos-based substance that Bartholdi had used—ineffectively, as inspections showed—to prevent galvanic corrosion.
Japanese capital ships also participated ineffectively (due to not being engaged) in the Battle of Midway and the simultaneous Aleutian diversion ; in both cases they were in battleship groups well to the rear of the carrier groups.
Virginia fired a few shots ineffectively at very long range, however, while Monitor returned fire, she stayed near Fort Monroe, ready to fight if Virginia came to attack the Federal force congregated there.
Common combinations with ineffectively
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- ineffectively at 2×