ineffectual

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“Action from policy makers has been nonexistent, timid or ineffectual. In tandem, corporate Canada has become beset by contentment and incumbency.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Europeans have long acknowledged that their slow-growing economies need fixing and that they must boost military spending, though actions to address those shortfalls have been slow or ineffectual.

From The Wall Street Journal

He said the claimants' complaints about the "harmful effects" were "shunned and ignored" before the nurses were "penalised and buried" in an "oppressive and ineffectual investigation process" carried out by the trust.

From BBC

Its efforts to strike at Israel proved generally ineffectual.

From The Wall Street Journal

For most of this century, the U.S. has been an ineffectual force in Latin America.

From The Wall Street Journal