ineffectual
/ˌɪnəˈfɛkt͡ʃuəl/ adjective C2- Unable or insufficient to produce effect.
- Worthless; ineffective.
- Weak, indecisive; lacking forcefulness. · Our group leader proved highly ineffectual, caving to every whim put forth by the other members.
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Bennet’s schemes for this day were ineffectual.
It was six o’clock in the morning, the dawn was just breaking, and its feeble ray came into the dungeon, and paled the ineffectual light of the lamp.
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