ineffective
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But the bans have become ineffective due to lax enforcement and because private-equity firms have devised workarounds to get economic and operational control of medical practices without violating the laws, Rooke-Ley said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026
So lethal in the team’s first-round win over Edmonton and so ineffective in the first three games of this series, the power play finally clicked, with Beckett Sennecke and Alex Killorn scoring on the man-advantage.
From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026
"Our findings suggest that this may be an example of what is known as a medical reversal, where broadly used therapy proves ineffective or even harmful."
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
In its preliminary view, the EU found Meta had ineffective measures to enforce its own restrictions on children using Facebook and Instagram.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
The full extent of the toll that has been taken by this largely ineffective program may never be known, for the results measured by the Illinois biologists are a minimum figure.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
Vocabulary lists containing ineffective
Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Prefixes: in-, im-, il-, ir-
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