ineffective

Example Sentences

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

From MarketWatch • Apr. 2, 2026

Hurt by turnovers, an ineffective full-court press and a failure to hustle back, Sylmar gave up 14 consecutive baskets on layups and found itself trailing 77-56 early in the fourth quarter.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

Starboard said artificial intelligence offers an opportunity to rethink workflows, reduce manual processes, enhance customer interactions, streamline decision-making, and migrate from ineffective legacy managerial systems.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

The strikes are both depleting interceptor supplies and demonstrating the limitations of legacy anti-drone systems, which are ineffective against sustained Shahed attacks, Horan and McDermott added.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

They plummeted towards the volcano as their largest piece of luggage - the forty-foot-tall Athena Parthenos - trailed after them, leashed to a harness on Nico’s back like a very ineffective parachute.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan