ineffectively

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Cycles of great-power rivalry, where leading states grasped ineffectively for hegemony, shaped the emergence of both dynastic empires and modern nations while testing statesmen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Lance Lynn is back to pitching as ineffectively as he did before the Dodgers acquired him from the Chicago White Sox.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2023

But Bale has played sparingly and occasionally ineffectively for Madrid in recent years.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 25, 2022

But that first system, named Wilson, bobbed ineffectively alongside the garbage until it ultimately broke.

From Reuters • Sep. 16, 2021

Unable to muster the commanding vitality of their predecessors, the priestly leadership responded ineffectively, even counterproductively.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann