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ineffective

[in-i-fek-tiv] / ˌɪn ɪˈfɛk tɪv /


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Maybe that’s true — but it doesn’t mean it’s rhetorically ineffective.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Lyndon Dykes, Tommy Conway and Che Adams were all largely ineffective in their time of the pitch, although Clarke did single out Conway for praise after Japan.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

State lawmakers passed the new measures in response to healthcare professionals who said that efforts to change a teenager’s sexual orientation were both ineffective and harmful.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2026

If Iranian defenses influenced by Chinese technology prove ineffective against U.S. and Israeli forces, countries considering Chinese weapons will take notice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

But mainstream figures in science and the military disdained RW as ineffective, impractical, and immoral.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik