ineffective

[In`ef*fect·ive]

Use the adjective ineffective to describe something that doesn't work quite the way it's supposed to. You might complain about your ineffective guard dog, who wags his tail and licks everyone who comes to your house.

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Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

Adjective S.
lacking the ability or skill to perform effectively; inadequate; "an ineffective administration"; "inefficient workers"

Adjective
not producing an intended effect; "an ineffective teacher"; "ineffective legislation"

Adjective S.
lacking in power or forcefulness; "an ineffectual ruler"; "like an unable phoenix in hot ashes"


a.
Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.


Ineffective

In`ef*fect"ive , a. [Pref. in- not + effective: cf. F. ineffectif.] Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.
The word of God, without the spirit, [is] a dead and ineffective letter.

Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

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Usage Examples

Billions are wasted on ineffective philanthropy. Philanthropy is decades behind business in applying rigorous thinking to the use of money.

Other countries, such as Israel, successfully employ behavior detection techniques at their airports, but the bloated, ineffective bureaucracy of TSA has produced another security failure for U.S. transportation systems.

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Other Usage Examples

Republicans would have preferred the court overturn the health care bill, an act that would have underscored Obama's biggest liability - the perception among voters, including those who like and trust him, that he has been ineffective.

If you read history you will find that the Christians who did most for the present world were precisely those who thought most of the next. It is since Christians have largely ceased to think of the other world that they have become so ineffective in this.

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