Explore Ineffectual through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like ineffective or useless. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Ineffectual meaning
- Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
- Worthless; ineffective.
- Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
Synonyms of Ineffectual
Using Ineffectual
- The main meaning on this page is: Unable or insufficient to produce effect. | Worthless; ineffective. | Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness.
- Useful related words include: ineffective, useless, unable, unavailing.
- In the example corpus, ineffectual often appears in combinations such as: and ineffectual, ineffectual and, an ineffectual.
Context around Ineffectual
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 12 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ineffectual
- In this selection, "ineffectual" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, largely, impetuous, totally, opposition, moral and decision stand out and add context to how "ineffectual" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and largely ineffectual industry backed and and the ineffectual opposition. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ineffectual" sits close to words such as abdi, absa and absconding, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ineffectual
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That he is ineffectual and incompetent? (6 words)
The “apology” from the school is weak and totally ineffectual. (10 words)
Concessions to openness are bound to be minimal and ineffectual. (10 words)
Michel argued this week that use of the generative AI program was one of a number of errors his previous attorney made a trial for which he was “unqualified, unprepared and ineffectual,” according to a motion for new trial his new lawyers filed. (43 words)
The problem was that he had a disastrously wrongheaded understanding of what doing right for the country would look like and was ineffectual in the extreme at a time when strength on the global stage was desperately needed. (38 words)
Being closely tied to an erratic and unthinking partner is also a serious problem for the United States, because it keeps eating up time, attention, and resources and makes the United States look both ineffectual and hypocritical. (37 words)
That he is ineffectual and incompetent? (6 words)
Example sentences (20)
Also, Ahasuerus is the ultimate failson — impetuous, ineffectual, at one point draping himself in a curtain and sobbing.
Finally, if English is based on do-goodery it devolves into a study of propaganda at worst, or ineffectual moral development at best.
He didn’t stop competing for 80 minutes, but his work at the breakdown was largely ineffectual.
Michel argued this week that use of the generative AI program was one of a number of errors his previous attorney made a trial for which he was “unqualified, unprepared and ineffectual,” according to a motion for new trial his new lawyers filed.
Mr. Ramkarran wrote: “Its (CCJ) ‘timid and ineffectual’ decision has intensified the constitutional chaos in Guyana.
On the other side of the aisle is a divided and ineffectual opposition.
The “apology” from the school is weak and totally ineffectual.
The extent to which the Bonn agenda centers unproven, risky, and largely ineffectual industry-backed schemes like carbon markets over critical interventions like halting new fossil fuel development will owe to the industry’s politicking.
The problem was that he had a disastrously wrongheaded understanding of what doing right for the country would look like and was ineffectual in the extreme at a time when strength on the global stage was desperately needed.
Being closely tied to an erratic and unthinking partner is also a serious problem for the United States, because it keeps eating up time, attention, and resources and makes the United States look both ineffectual and hypocritical.
But history will record that things fell apart during his ineffectual, riderless and neglectful stewardship in less than seven months,” Frank declared.
Then again, they don’t seem to get many things right, it makes you worry that they will be as ineffectual as the opposition as they have been in power.
This political outfit is pitched as a convergence of the left and the right, a ‘legitimate’ choice between the Fidesz party and the “ineffectual” opposition.
But if there are no capable and ethical politicians who protect them, they are doomed to be ineffectual and not reach their full potential.
Concessions to openness are bound to be minimal and ineffectual.
If the temperature falls below -8ºC then it will be completely ineffectual in the concentration levels used on British roads.
It was eye opening, and wearing gloves is ineffectual if you’re not changing your gloves and removing them properly.
That he is ineffectual and incompetent?
The circumstances under which Pakistani writers have to be creative are difficult with the presence of the army, an ineffectual government and the religious right which has a stranglehold on civil society.
And liquid medications, like insulin, can separate when it thaws, leading to incorrect or ineffectual dosages.
Common combinations with ineffectual
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- and ineffectual 14×
- ineffectual and 9×
- an ineffectual 6×
- largely ineffectual 5×
- ineffectual in 5×
- the ineffectual 5×
- ineffectual as 4×
- ineffectual at 3×
- was ineffectual 3×
- proved ineffectual 3×