ineffectual
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At such moments, Marvin, a notably unemotive and cryptic actor, is less impressive than ineffectual.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
“Sinners” centers the Black American experience through history, art and spirituality, while “One Battle” speaks to the white liberal male’s ineffectual navigation of weaponized racial grievance.
From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026
In this tit for tat, though, California’s threats to respond have thus far proved ineffectual.
From Slate • Aug. 19, 2025
They have been ineffectual in the establishment of any semblance of an organisation able to take over inside the country if the opportunity arises.
From BBC • Jun. 25, 2025
She could already see that losing her temper, which she did rarely because she was so afraid of being ineffectual, would only turn him away, leaving her still outside the gate, railing futilely.
From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson
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The Old Man and the Sea
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The Haunting of Hill House
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