ineffective

[ in-i-fek-tiv ]

/ ˌɪn ɪˈfɛk tɪv /

not effective; not producing results; ineffectual: ineffective efforts; ineffective remedies.

inefficient or incompetent; incapable: an ineffective manager.

lacking in artistic effect, as a literary work, theatrical production, or painting.

Origin of ineffective

First recorded in 1645–55; in-³ + effective

in·ef·fec·tive·ly, adverb in·ef·fec·tive·ness, noun

As a Washington attorney, he took on companies that seemed immune to change, even when they were ineffective.

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And eight months on, anger lingers over the ineffective attempts to rescue the missing schoolgirls.

The New Face of Boko Haram’s Terror: Teen Girls |Nina Strochlic |December 13, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Policy is an ineffective tool to address the cultural problem of privileging access over ownership.

How Young People Are Destroying Liberty |James Poulos |October 11, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The problem for Hamas is that its digital campaign is as ineffective as its rocketry.

Israel, Hamas, WhatsApp and Hacked Phones in the Gaza Psy-War |Itay Hod |July 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

Inflated figures lead to ineffective policies and breed panic and over-reach.

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It does not deal effectively with either vagrant, incapable, or the special product of the industrial period, the ineffective.

Glimpses into the Abyss |Mary Higgs
On Voltaire's "Mahomet" he heaped censure, for its unworthy portraiture of the conqueror of the East and its ineffective fatalism.

The Life of Napoleon I (Volumes, 1 and 2) |John Holland Rose
A strong, inspiring personality is not a gift of the gods, nor is a weak and ineffective personality a visitation of Providence.

How to Teach Religion |George Herbert Betts
Then, the initial cutdown that I started was ineffective and infiltrated into the tissues.

Warren Commission (6 of 26): Hearings Vol. VI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
The muscular sense may prove an adequate guide when the visual is ineffective.

Voice Production in Singing and Speaking |Wesley Mills

ineffective

/ (ˌɪnɪˈfɛktɪv) /

having no effect

incompetent or inefficient

ineffectively, adverb ineffectiveness, noun