ineffective
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As post-conviction lawyers who now represent Carruthers have said, his trial performance was “singularly inept, ineffective, and disastrous.”
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Although fact-checking can be successful in establishing the facts among people who have not already made up their minds, it is generally ineffective among true believers.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
Although Liverpool did end up having more bodies around their own box, their press was ineffective, meaning they conceded control of the ball and ultimately the game.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Drones struggle to count items that are covered or hiding, such as cattle in mountainous terrains, and are largely ineffective indoors.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026
For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing ineffective
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: in-, im-, il-, ir-
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