ineffectualadj.

/ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəl/

Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + effectual adj.: perhaps from a medieval Latin or Old French corresponding form.

a. Not effectual. Of efforts, attempts, or actions: Without effect; unable to produce the intended effect; unavailing, unsuccessful, fruitless.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing

gainlessc1175

speedless13..

unspeedfula1340

ineffectualc1425

frustratory1490

unvailablea1500

frustrate1529

uneffectual1548

unavailable1549

unfectual1549

bootless1559

dudgeon?1589

inavailable1650

unavailing1672

dud1914

c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 10 Yneffectualle these prayers myght nat be, whoes auctor ys the Apostle, whois gracyous herer was God.

1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §21. 220 We observe meanes to be wanting or to be ineffectuall.

1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A4 Your Commands can Prevail..where those of Others would have been wholly Ineffectual.

a1704 T. Brown Ess. Satire Ancients in Wks. (1730) I. 25 All his efforts were ineffectual.

1790 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) V. 173 The title was vain, the grant ineffectual.

1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 85 In England..the statute-books are filled with ineffectual attempts of the legislature to establish uniformity.

1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. i. i. 9 When he found his reasoning ineffectual, he appealed to direct experiment.

b. Of things: Not producing the usual or expected effect; weak or tame in effect. (Often in allusions to Shakespeare's ‘uneffectual fire’, Hamlet i. v. 90.)

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective

deadc1380

virtuelessa1393

uneffectuous1549

inefficace1570

limping1577

unprevailing1604

inficient1609

weak1609

unofficious1611

penny farthing1615

invalidable1634

invalid1635

unprevalent1640

ineffectible1650

ineffective1651

inefficacious1658

insignificant1661

uneffective1670

popgun1690

foible1715

unefficacious1744

inefficient1750

ineffectual1785

effete1790

foisonlessc1817

puttering1857

non-effective1862

non-efficient1863

shaftless1881

powder puff1911

fouled-up1942

1785 W. Cowper Task v. 7 His [the sun's] slanting ray Slides ineffectual down the snowy vale.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxii. 451 The phosphorescence was not unlike the ineffectual fire of the glow-worm.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 76 I..there confronted at my chamber-door, A white face,—shivering, ineffectual lips.

1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City v. 95 She smiled a little, and let the cigarette pale its ineffectual fire and die out.

c. Of a person: That does not effect the ends for which he exists; that is a failure. Also as n.

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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective > specifically of a person

nebbish1843

ineffectual1865

pantywaist1938

wimpy1967

wussy1977

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > inefficacy > one who is

inefficient1898

ineffectual1925

frustrate1934

wuss1976

1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iii. 105 The passive and ineffectual Uranus of Keats's poem.

1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 142 In everything she had become ineffectual. Work had lost its savour, prayer its creative atmosphere.

1897 T. Hodgkin Charles the Great 90 Pope Stephen III., the Sicilian, a weak and ineffectual man.

1925 G. Greene Babbling April 4 You snobbish intellectual, Suburban ineffectual, Can't you feel that shimmy in the air?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ineffectual
释义	ineffectualadj. /ɪnɪˈfɛktjʊəl/ Etymology: < in- prefix⁴ + effectual adj.: perhaps from a medieval Latin or Old French corresponding form. a. Not effectual. Of efforts, attempts, or actions: Without effect; unable to produce the intended effect; unavailing, unsuccessful, fruitless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing gainlessc1175 speedless13.. unspeedfula1340 ineffectualc1425 frustratory1490 unvailablea1500 frustrate1529 uneffectual1548 unavailable1549 unfectual1549 bootless1559 dudgeon?1589 inavailable1650 unavailing1672 dud1914 c1425 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 10 Yneffectualle these prayers myght nat be, whoes auctor ys the Apostle, whois gracyous herer was God. 1631 W. Gouge Gods Three Arrowes iii. §21. 220 We observe meanes to be wanting or to be ineffectuall. 1665 R. Boyle Occas. Refl. To Sophronia sig. A4 Your Commands can Prevail..where those of Others would have been wholly Ineffectual. a1704 T. Brown Ess. Satire Ancients in Wks. (1730) I. 25 All his efforts were ineffectual. 1790 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) V. 173 The title was vain, the grant ineffectual. 1821 J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. (1871) iii. 85 In England..the statute-books are filled with ineffectual attempts of the legislature to establish uniformity. 1841 D. Brewster Martyrs of Sci. i. i. 9 When he found his reasoning ineffectual, he appealed to direct experiment. b. Of things: Not producing the usual or expected effect; weak or tame in effect. (Often in allusions to Shakespeare's ‘uneffectual fire’, Hamlet i. v. 90.) ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective deadc1380 virtuelessa1393 uneffectuous1549 inefficace1570 limping1577 unprevailing1604 inficient1609 weak1609 unofficious1611 penny farthing1615 invalidable1634 invalid1635 unprevalent1640 ineffectible1650 ineffective1651 inefficacious1658 insignificant1661 uneffective1670 popgun1690 foible1715 unefficacious1744 inefficient1750 ineffectual1785 effete1790 foisonlessc1817 puttering1857 non-effective1862 non-efficient1863 shaftless1881 powder puff1911 fouled-up1942 1785 W. Cowper Task v. 7 His [the sun's] slanting ray Slides ineffectual down the snowy vale. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxxii. 451 The phosphorescence was not unlike the ineffectual fire of the glow-worm. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh ii. 76 I..there confronted at my chamber-door, A white face,—shivering, ineffectual lips. 1876 ‘Ouida’ In Winter City v. 95 She smiled a little, and let the cigarette pale its ineffectual fire and die out. c. Of a person: That does not effect the ends for which he exists; that is a failure. Also as n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective > specifically of a person nebbish1843 ineffectual1865 pantywaist1938 wimpy1967 wussy1977 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > inefficacy > one who is inefficient1898 ineffectual1925 frustrate1934 wuss1976 1865 M. Arnold Ess. Crit. iii. 105 The passive and ineffectual Uranus of Keats's poem. 1896 ‘Iota’ Quaker Grandmother 142 In everything she had become ineffectual. Work had lost its savour, prayer its creative atmosphere. 1897 T. Hodgkin Charles the Great 90 Pope Stephen III., the Sicilian, a weak and ineffectual man. 1925 G. Greene Babbling April 4 You snobbish intellectual, Suburban ineffectual, Can't you feel that shimmy in the air? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1425
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