 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ineffectual
adjective
1: not sufficient to produce a desired result; "an ineffectual
effort to block the legislation" [ant: {effectual}]
2: not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher";
"ineffective legislation" [syn: {ineffective}, {uneffective}]
[ant: {effective}]
3: producing no result or effect; "a futile effort"; "the
therapy was ineffectual"; "an otiose undertaking"; "an
unavailing attempt" [syn: {futile}, {otiose}, {unavailing}]
4: lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler";
"like an unable phoenix in hot ashes" [syn: {ineffective},
{unable}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ineffectual \In'ef*fec"tu*al\ (?; 135), adjective
Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient;
weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual
attempt; an ineffectual expedient. --Pope.
The peony root has been much commended, . . . and yet
has been by many found ineffectual. --Boyle.
Syn: Inefficient; useless; inefficacious; vain; fruitless;
unavailing; futile. See {Useless}, {Inefficacious}.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "ineffectual":
abortive, acarpous, aimless, arid, barren, bootless, borne,
celibate, childless, counterproductive, desert, desolate, drained,
dried-up, dry, effete, emasculate, empty, etiolated, exhausted,
failed, failing, fallow, fatuitous, fatuous, featherweight,
feckless, forceless, fruitless, futile, gaunt, gelded,
ill-qualified, impotent, inadequate, inane, incapable, incompetent,
ineffective, inefficacious, inefficient, infecund, infertile,
inoperative, invalid, invertebrate, issueless, jejune, lame,
leached, lightweight, limited, maladjusted, manque, mean,
meaningless, menopausal, miscarried, miscarrying, narrow, no go,
no-account, nonfertile, nonproducing, nonproductive, nonprolific,
not equal to, not up to, nugacious, nugatory, of no account,
of no effect, of no force, of no use, paltry, pointless, powerless,
purposeless, set, sine prole, small, spineless, sterile, stickit,
stillborn, successless, sucked dry, superfluous, teemless, unable,
unadapted, unadjusted, unauthoritative, unavailable, unavailing,
uncultivated, unequipped, unfertile, unfit, unfitted, unfortunate,
unfruitful, unplowed, unproductive, unprolific, unqualified,
unsown, unsuccessful, untilled, useless, vain, virgin, waste,
wasted, weak, without any weight, without issue
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