ineffectual
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Ineffectual abroad, it soon became clear that he spoke with precious little authority.
From The Guardian • Mar. 15, 2018
Ineffectual and indecisive as Chechnya's President, the former Soviet army colonel is a formidable tactician in wartime.
From Time Magazine Archive
Ineffectual they may be, but the world is still more ineffectual, and it is the world's course which is doomed to ruin, not theirs.
From Selections from the Prose Works of Matthew Arnold by Johnson, William Savage
WM Ineffectual employment of by French, 98; described by Captain Knox, 99; Montcalm on the cause of their failure, 99.
From The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History by Various
Ineffectual opposition would only precipitate her evil destiny.
From Ormond, Volume III (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
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The Old Man and the Sea
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The Haunting of Hill House
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