ineffectuality
Example Sentences
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She has taken some seemingly principled steps to protect the country from the worst of her own party, but only once her ineffectuality was guaranteed.
From Slate ● May 4, 2022
This is a stark difference from law enforcement in the real world, where ineffectuality is common and can lead to harm.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
They are smart enough to know they’re objects, fully cognizant of their ineffectuality.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 2020
Less Than Zero harnesses that ineffectuality with minimalism, compressing ennui into dread, and then into horror.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 2, 2019
Except for this tie of ineffectuality, they had nothing special in common.
From The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story by Edward J. (Edward Joseph Harrington) O'Brien