adjective
definition
Not having the desired effect; ineffectual
definition
Lacking in ability; incompetent or inadequate
Examples of ineffective in a Sentence
This half measure was as ineffective as was to have been expected.
Ismail's efforts to put an end to the slave trade, if sincere, were ineffective, and, moreover, south of Kordofan the authority of the government did not extend beyond the posts occupied by their troops.
The plan of an international fleet to coerce the Mahommedan is even to this day ineffective; but the Hospitallers, who acquired a new basis by the conquest of Rhodes in 1310, used their fleet to enforce a partial and, on the whole, ineffective blockade of the coast of the Levant.
The syllogism is ineffective, belonging to argumentation, and constraining assent where what we want is control of things.
Her mind control magic slid around him, ineffective this night.
The organization united locally, as in national politics, with the Democratic Party, with equally ineffective results.
The isomerism which occurs as soon as the molecule contains a few carbon atoms renders any classification based on empirical molecular formulae somewhat ineffective; on the other hand, a scheme based on molecular structure would involve more detail than it is here possible to give.
Though he possessed a fine and flexible voice, his manner as a speaker was ineffective, and his speeches were generally ill-arranged and destitute of oratorical point.
But he was deficient, it would seem, in the qualities that make an attractive lecturer, being harsh and indistinct in voice, ineffective in the treatment of his subject, and "singularly wanting in the language and power of illustration."
The proposed limit would also render the product ineffective.
There's no need to waste your time with ineffective study skills.
The justice administered in them was patriarchal and rough, but not ineffective.
However, in several cases, this diaper rash remedy is ineffective and may aggravate an existing rash over time.
Some people benefit from one, while the other is ineffective.
But the traditional methods of Roman administration were deplorably ineffective; on the accession of Gregory XVI.
In fact, practitioners of Karate-Do are now often belittled as deluded individuals practicing an ineffective children's art.
Conventional harrows were ineffective on the rough terrain but harnessing Doug Joiner's horses to drag a severed hawthorn bush worked.
Joe cole was also fairly ineffective, nothing else worth mentioning.
Put simply, the draft Protocol would have been singularly ineffective.
The League of Nations founded in 1919 eventually proved ineffective.
How can we make them moral but not indecisive, honest but not ineffective?
Be adopted under been largely ineffective in order to place a per-year.
Iraq uses anthrax in a liquid form, which is totally ineffective.
Many of the topical agents as outlined are relatively ineffective.
Pesticide use should be a last resort and may well be completely ineffective if the source of the problem is not removed or treated.
However, they can be rendered ineffective by either opting out of cookies or changing the cookie setup in your browser.
We believe that despite recent positive progress, this is an area in which English Heritage has remained disappointingly ineffective.
All too often exercise seems ineffective in bringing life to the good.
In the midst of these ineffective councils the chief sits usually silent a kind of a gagged audience for village orators.
But that does not make systemic prophylactic vaccination ineffective or impractical.
It is not in the decay of combination and monopoly or in the growth of competition that we must look for the distinctive characteristics of modern problems. A 17th-century monopoly was a very weak and ineffective instrument compared with a modern syndicate; the Statute of Apprenticeship was certainly not so widely enforced as the " common rules " of trade unions; and many of the regulations of past times, which look so complicated to modern eyes, were conditions of free enterprise rather than restraints upon it.
An ineffective and extremely corrupt administration, a grave economic condition, new and heavy taxes, military repression, recurring heavy deficits in the budget, adding to a debt (about $150,000,000 in 1868) already very large and burdensome, and the complete fiasco of the junta of inquiry of Cuban and Porto Rican representatives which met in Madrid in 1866-1867--all were important influences favouring the outbreak of the Ten Years' War.
But at the time the doctrine was in force, MAD was effective (or at least, not proven ineffective).
Its aim was to attempt to discredit and render ineffective the assistance given by the SACC to the victims of apartheid.
Although topical agents are ineffective on their own, it has been found beneficial to use a selenium sulfide shampoo together with oral griseofulvin.
Each occasion on which tong placement is incorrect carries a serious risk of ineffective stunning.
When the experimental group had the same results as the control group, we concluded that the product was ineffective.
These ingredients are not found in most common household cleaners, making them ineffective on cat urine.
Different herbs act in different ways on the body and what may help with one type of pain may be totally ineffective on another.
Most research indicates that the treatment of psoriasis with the turmeric herb is generally ineffective.
The National Psoriasis Foundation claims that studies involving turmeric for the treatment of psoriasis have yielded insufficient results, making it an ineffective protocol for the relief of psoriasis symptoms.
Although making a to-do list is an effective time management tool, it is generally ineffective if it is not done in the proper way.
Attempting to diagnose a drug addiction on your own is both ineffective and potentially dangerous.
Some of the codes they post are outdated or simply ineffective due to users who posted codes belonging to one-time-offers.
This method is not recommended and is considered an ineffective means of training.
If so, that would allow the bacteria to overwhelm the antibiotic, rendering it ineffective.
After all, you don't want to put your cherished pet at risk or pay a large sum of money for an ineffective piece of equipment.
Maternal antibodies within the puppy will render the parvo virus ineffective, but the plummeting number of antibodies may not offer sufficient protection against parvo.
Even more startling, most of those pesticides are ineffective in treating the plant itself and are released into the environment.
Psychoanalysis, including dream interpretation, proves to be too exhaustive and potentially ineffective.