ineffectually

Example Sentences

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The implication is that direct compensation would be ineffectually sprinkled among families.

From Washington Post • Jun. 14, 2022

That raises the threat that central banks will overly tighten the brakes on the economy, as they push ineffectually against a string “and essentially fall into a damaging policy mistake,” Rieder said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 10, 2022

Most robot vacs that also mop put most of their power into vacuuming, and the mopping portion is more about ineffectually dragging a wet towel over your floor.

From The Verge • Jan. 17, 2022

That’s what the whole dance does: flow on attractively, if ineffectually.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2021

As he watched the bird dipped again slanting his wings for the dive and then swinging them wildly and ineffectually as he followed the flying fish.

From "The Old Man and The Sea" by Ernest Hemingway